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Submitted by vijayavadrevu on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 11:10

You are a project manager for XYZ Engineering company. Your company won the bid to add ramp metering lights to several on-ramps along an expanse of highway. You subcontracted a part of the project to another company. The subcontractor's work involves burrowing the holes & setting the lamp poles in concrete. The subcontractor's performance is not up to the mark as defined in the contract requirements documents. Which of the following is not a valid option?

A)You document the poor performance in written form and send the correspondence to the subcontractor.

B)You terminate the contract for poor performance and submit a change request through Contract Administration.

C)You agree to meet with the subcontractor to see whether a satisfactory solution can be reached

D)You submit a change request through Contract Administration demanding that the subcontractor comply with the terms of the contract.

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BK

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 11:17

 B. 

BK

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 11:20

 Lemme know this ans with explaination given by provider pls.

vijayavadrevu

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 11:28

ACtually I have answered as A. Where as the answer is giiven as D with the explanation below:

"The contract change control system describes the processes you'll use to make changes to the contract, not as a means of communication. The changes might include contract term changes, date changes, and termination of a contract."

I wanted further elaboration. Hence posted the question

Please explain if you are convinced with D

 

BK

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 11:31

 Yes..any change in contract should process through  contract change control system.

BK

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 11:32

 I thought termination would be extreme step..but yes,  option D makes sense.

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cnppmp

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 11:35

I think its should be D as not VALID, do we really require a change request to comply with terms which are already there in contract?, this is little wierd so I selected this betwen D & B.


If the contract has a term to terminate the contract we can terminate I guess.


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CN Patil


 

BK

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 11:43

 yes. Right If the contract has a term to terminate the contract we can terminate, I missed that.

As the qn is asking "Which of the following is not a valid option", so D is right. cause we have process contract changes through contract change control system

y0zh

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 19:15

"The subcontractor's performance is not up to the mark as defined in the contract requirements documents" It is already in contract , thus D