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Re:Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Superchar... by lesuorac on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @05:03PM (#40216307)
Developmental contracts sure.

Buying COTS products; probably not.

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Re:Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Superchar... by bunderbunder on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @05:18PM (#40216474)
Also, the "plus" part covers both overhead and profit. So, depending on what your overhead situation looks like, profit can still be minimal or non-positive.
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Re:Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Superchar... by lesuorac on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @05:26PM (#40216563)
Sure but the "plus" part is capped [1] for cost+plus.

If you're buying AWS compute through GSA I bet the rate is more than AWS's costs + 10/15%.

Or if you purchase say post-it notes from Staples; I bet they're going to be way more than the cost of paper+glue*1.15.

[1]: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/15.404-4#FAR_15_404_4__d941e...

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