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.
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Palos Verdes Estates, California. Palos Verdes Estates is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The city was master-planned by the noted American landscape architect and planner Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. The city is located along the Southern California coastline of the Pacific Ocean.