Re: Contracting moral dilemma

[Len Olszewski <saslpo -at- UNX -dot- SAS -dot- COM>]

In article <Pine -dot- SUN -dot- 3 -dot- 91 -dot- 970205075722 -dot- 25153E-100000 -at- crl -dot- crl -dot- com>, The Tech
Writer <techwrtr -at- CRL -dot- COM> writes:
|> I have successfully bid on a fixed-price contract.

[...]

|> My potential dilemma is: what if I spend a lot less hours on the project
|> than I calculated for my bid?

[...]

I suggest you keep the money. Fixed price bidding is a two-way street.

Beyond that, I suggest you bid for follow-on work with this company, and
kick in a rebate if they take you up on it.

In the meantime, isn't nice to have some extra for contingencies? You
might do more for this client than you bid, so the price covers your
real time. Then you'd probably get follow-on work for sure.

Cordially,
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