As someone who used to work in the industry, whole reason for Cost Plus is with more traditional contracts, there was a ton of paperwork showing the government

As someone who used to work in the industry, whole reason for Cost Plus is with more traditional contracts, there was a ton of paperwork showing the government wasn't getting ripped off which is obviously crazy expensive as well. So whole point of this fix rate system is government puts out "We are going to pay X for Y with profit of Z, take it or leave it"