Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Fixed price can refer to a leg of a swap where the payments are based on a ...

A fixed price strategy is an approach where you establish a set price for each customer or client regardless of the actual time and materials used for a project. These types of contracts are common in ...

Fixed price and time-and-materials cost are the two primary methods for service consultants to price the value of services provided to clients. These present varying advantages and disadvantages to ...

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order making firm fixed-price contracts the default for federal procurement, with limited exceptions requiring senior-level justification. The policy ...

Defense CEOs hate them but once embraced them. The Pentagon oftentimes prefers them. Congress outlawed them, then mandated them, and then changed its mind again. In the end, all sides can come away ...

WASHINGTON — Military satellites acquired under fixed-price contracts get high praise in a report submitted to Congress by the Department of the Air Force. Two Space Force satellite programs — the ...

Boeing has lost billions of dollars on the fixed-price KC-46 program, and a nearly six-week machinist strike has heightened the refueling tanker's problems. (Airman Lauren Torres/Air Force) Boeing’s ...

On April 30, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order, titled “Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting,” directing all federal agencies to adopt fixed-price ...

This article was published in the November 2017 issue of AGC Law in Brief (Volume 3, Issue 6), Practical Construction Law & Risk Issues. It is reprinted here with permission. Firm fixed-price ...

This policy provides guidelines for the management, accounting, and proper use of Research Foundation (RF) residual balances for fixed price awards including, but not limited to, industry-sponsored ...