A subcontract references the prime contract and requires the subcontractor to assume applicable prime-contract obligations for its work. What is that clause commonly intended to do?
Correct Answer
D) Flow applicable prime-contract obligations down to the subcontractor
A flow-down clause passes applicable prime-contract obligations to the subcontractor for its scope. Other choices would delete requirements or misunderstand the relationship between prime and subcontract terms.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
A flow-down clause passes applicable prime-contract obligations to the subcontractor for its scope. Other choices would delete requirements or misunderstand the relationship between prime and subcontract terms.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Use a later change request to handle subcontract flow-down after award
The trap in A is Delete all project specifications. That selection is wrong because it treats Subcontract flow-down as optional.
Option B: Turn the subcontract into a bid bond as a bonding paperwork issue that controls subcontract flow-down
Choice B gives Turn the subcontract into a bid bond. Its specific error: the option answers a paperwork, payment, or bonding issue.
Option C: The contractor should remove coordination duties from the subcontractor
Choice C (Remove coordination duties from the subcontractor) is rejected because the choice would not get the project to Flow applicable prime-contract obligations down to the subcontractor, which is the Subcontract flow-down result verified by the source.
Memory Technique
Treat subcontract flow-down like a labeled shelf; only the matching condition belongs with Flow applicable prime-contract obligations down to the subcontractor.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Project Management, 5th Ed. (2022); use the index entry or section for "Subcontract flow-down clauses" to confirm that A flow-down clause passes applicable prime-contract obligations to the subcontractor for its scope.
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