A substitution would lower material cost but does not meet the specified performance. What AIA A201 contractor duty is implicated?
Correct Answer
B) Provide labor, materials, equipment, and services required by the Contract Documents
A201 requires the Contractor to provide labor, materials, equipment, and services necessary for proper execution of the Work.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
A201 requires the Contractor to provide labor, materials, equipment, and services necessary for proper execution of the Work.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Use any lower-cost material if it improves the contractor's margin
Use any lower-cost material if it improves the contractor's margin skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for labor and materials.
Option C: Shift specified material compliance to the bid security surety
Shift specified material compliance to the bid security surety skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for labor and materials.
Option D: Postpone compliant procurement until closeout, then ask for payment despite the substitution variance
Postpone compliant procurement until closeout, then ask for payment despite the substitution variance skips the written authority, scope, price, notice, or release control needed for labor and materials.
Memory Technique
Subcontractor Proposes shortcut is not a term until paper carries it.
Reference Hint
Open-book path: tab AIA A201-2017 to Article 3, §3.4 Labor and Materials; match the contract role and timing in the stem before choosing.
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