Firm-Fixed-Price Contract (FFP)

A contract with a set price regardless of the contractor's actual cost.

Definition

Under FFP the contractor bears all cost risk and keeps any savings; the price is not adjusted for performance cost variance.

Why it matters

Pricing errors are unrecoverable, so estimate assumptions must be documented and defensible.

Example

A $1.2M FFP contract for annual software licensing and support.

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