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.
Get out. Davis is nearby to both the San Francisco Bay Area (particularly the East Bay and Berkeley) and Sacramento; the Amtrak line goes to both places. It is also situated roughly in the middle of California when driving north to south on Interstate 5, perhaps from Mount Shasta to Los Angeles.