Places relatively more cost responsibility on the contractor than on the Government, and makes profit a function of the contractor's ability to manage. Fixed-Price Incentive Contracts. A fixed-price incentive contract is a fixed-price type contract with provisions for adjustment of profit. The final contract price is based on a comparison between the final negotiated total costs and the total target costs.
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Bloxsom and Douglas had the first patent, but there were artificial tees before theirs, too. The fact is, nobody knows what the first artificial (as opposed to sod or sand) tee was, or who made it. So the inventor of the very first manmade golf tee is, and likely always will be, unknown. To view the patent illustrations of the Bloxsom/Douglas and Grant tees, and read more about the history of this humble piece of equipment, see our article on Golf Tees in history and the rules. 1  List. 2  Article. 3  Article. 4  Article. 5  Article. 6  Article. 7  Article. 8  Article.