A specialty subcontract proposal states it is valid for 30 days, but award is now 55 days after bid date. What should the project team do before issuing the subcontract?
Correct Answer
D) Confirm current price, terms, and availability before award
An expired proposal may no longer bind price or terms, so the team should confirm current pricing and availability before award. Other choices create avoidable pricing and commitment disputes.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
An expired proposal may no longer bind price or terms, so the team should confirm current pricing and availability before award. Other choices create avoidable pricing and commitment disputes.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Assume the old price is still binding without confirmation
Choice A (Assume the old price is still binding without confirmation) is rejected because the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Expired proposal.
Option B: Backdate the subcontract to bid day
In procurement and contracting, Backdate the subcontract to bid day is the wrong selection for Expired proposal: it names a financial document or payment mechanism, not the Expired proposal action/result stated by Confirm current price, terms, and availability before award.
Option C: Use the payment application file as the backup record for expired proposal
The trap in C is Ignore escalation language. That selection is wrong because it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Expired proposal requires Confirm current price, terms, and availability before award; Expired proposals should be reconfirmed before subcontract award.
Memory Technique
Pair expired proposal with the real field trigger, then choose the response that produces Confirm current price, terms, and availability before award.
Reference Hint
Open NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management - Basic, 14th Ed.; use by topic index - procurement and contracting fallback to confirm that An expired proposal may no longer bind price or terms, so the team should confirm current pricing and availability before award.
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