PGMP · Question #319
Which of the following contract types is described in the statement below? "The seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work, and receives a fixed payment calculated a
The correct answer is A. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contracts (CPFF). Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contracts reimburse the seller for all allowable costs and add a fixed fee that is typically a set percentage of the initial estimated project costs.
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Which of the following contract types is described in the statement below? "The seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work, and receives a fixed payment calculated as a percentage for the initial estimated project costs."
Options
- ACost Plus Fixed Fee Contracts (CPFF)
- BCost Plus Incentive Fee Contracts (CPIF)
- CFixed Price Incentive Fee Contracts (FPIF)
- DFirm Fixed Price Contracts (FFP)
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(37 responses)- A86% (32)
- B8% (3)
- C3% (1)
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Why each option
Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contracts reimburse the seller for all allowable costs and add a fixed fee that is typically a set percentage of the initial estimated project costs.
In a CPFF contract, the buyer reimburses the seller for all allowable, allocable costs incurred during performance, and then pays an additional fixed fee that was pre-negotiated as a percentage of the originally estimated project costs. Because the fee is fixed and does not change with actual costs, the seller has limited incentive to inflate costs beyond what is allowable, but the buyer absorbs all cost overrun risk.
Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF) contracts also reimburse costs but the fee varies based on the seller meeting or exceeding pre-agreed performance targets, not a fixed percentage of initial estimates.
Fixed Price Incentive Fee (FPIF) contracts set a ceiling price and adjust profit based on performance, but the buyer does not reimburse all costs - the seller bears cost overrun risk above the ceiling.
Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contracts set a single total price for the work regardless of actual costs, placing all cost risk on the seller and involving no cost reimbursement mechanism.
Concept tested: Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract structure and fee calculation
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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