TY - JOUR AB - This article addresses the increased use of time and material contracts. It explores the reasons and risks of this contract type’s use. Also, it makes several suggestions to pursue alternate contract types when appropriate. VL - 8 IS - 2 SN - 1535-0118 DO - 10.1108/JOPP-08-02-2008-B004 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-08-02-2008-B004 AU - Piper Bernard PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/01/01 TI - Contracting officers: turn off the time and material default switch T2 - Journal of Public Procurement PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 269 EP - 274 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -