ms. chaplin if you would answer that. >> with a fixed price contract the contractor bears most the risk but it isn't really appropriate if you have a lot of unknowns at the beginning but if you don't know how long it will take or how much it will cost than the government does need to bear the risk of the contract and that's where cost-plus comes in. >> thank you. we are talking about cost-plus so the second part of my question is does the contract provide any incentive to complete the project on time and on schedule? >> typically the incentive is built into the contract they come through the work fee so some could be tied to performance or quality others could definitely be tied to cost of schedule. >> just to add a little bit to that, when we do the cost-plus award fee and the incentive fee in the past we do and can make scheduled performance and cost performance as part of the criteria and that is typically included. >> okay mr. martin the acquisition would encompasses a great deal in putting strategic planning and the development of clear requirements and for many years the dod has robus