>who else could you hold responsible?
The contractor who underbid. If Roger's submits a bid for $1m to deliver 50k widgets he shouldn't be able to come back after the fact and demand $4m to complete the project because he underestimated his costs.
The contractor who underbid. If Roger's submits a bid for $1m to deliver 50k widgets he shouldn't be able to come back after the fact and demand $4m to complete the project because he underestimated his costs.
The contractor has to swallow all the extra costs, because they were foolish enough to sign a vague/wrong contract?
I'm not asking this to suggest a particular answer, just wondering where this strategy takes us.
[Edit: total profit, not margin.]