Sortzi has seen a trend toward more fixed-price contracts, or those under which tasks are performed for a predetermined price.

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It recommended that the government award decades-long, more or less fixed-price contracts to firms to make sure that nuclear plants and wind farms get built.

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To accomplish this, the agency has fundamentally altered internal procedures by focusing more on fixed-price contracts and reducing its day-to-day oversight of commercial space companies, like SpaceX.

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Following the expiration of the original contract in 2004, the Company and Entergy have negotiated additional fixed-price contracts totaling 1, 000 MW of capacity and energy for the last several years.

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That, in turn, helped him to bid for fixed-price government contracts, which most defense contractors are loath to do, fearing that cost overruns will eat up their profits.

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These power-supply contracts commonly include fixed or indexed price structures.

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Phone and internet customers may soon be allowed to escape their fixed contracts, without penalty, if the price is put up mid-contract.

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