Raph Inc. needs someone to supply it with 1,000,000 planks of wood per year to support itsmanufacturing needs over the next six years, and your company has decided to bid on the contract. Itwill cost your firm $5,000,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production. The equipmentwill be depreciated using the straight-line method to 0 over the project's life. The salvage value of theequipment is expected to be 0. Your fixed costs will be $2,000,000 annually, and your variableproduction costs are $14 per plank. You also need an initial investment in net working capital of $2,000,000, which will be recovered at the end of the project. The firm has a tax rate of 21%, and therequired rate of return is 10%. Calculate the bid price. (Round to 3 decimals)

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