Fixed-Price Contracts Are Simple – Or Are They?
A podcast posted by Pepper Hamilton discusses the definition of fixed-price contracts and cases in which the audit provision in the contract has been unsuccessfully used to assert claims for reimbursement and False Claims Act liability.
“Fixed-price contracts are well-known among contractors,” the firm says on its website. “These agreements seem simple — they do not allow the contract price to be modified after the award unless the parties expressly agree. But is it really that simple? In reality, there is very little case law guiding the practical approach to these types of contracts.”
In the podcast, Marion Hack, a partner in Pepper’s Construction Practice Group, discusses these types of contracts.
