If the final negotiated cost exceeds the price ceiling, the contractor. absorbs the difference as a loss. Because the profit varies inversely with the cost, this contract. type provides a positive, calculable profit incentive for the contractor to control costs.
Davis is located in Yolo County, California, 11 mi (18 km) west of Sacramento, 70 mi (113 km) northeast of San Francisco, 385 mi (619 km) north of Los Angeles, at the intersection of Interstate 80 and State Route 113.
Marin County / m É Ë r Éª n / is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 252,409. Its county seat is San Rafael. Marin County is included in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (San Francisco Bay Area) across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. In May 2009, Marin County had the fifth highest income per capita in the United States at about $91,480.