A product submittal includes a note excluding required accessories, but the exclusion is not accepted as a change. What is the contract effect of that note?
Correct Answer
A) It does not change the contract requirements unless processed and accepted as a contract modification
A submittal note does not modify contract scope unless the change is processed and accepted through the contract modification procedure. Other choices give the submittal an automatic change effect it does not have.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
A submittal note does not modify contract scope unless the change is processed and accepted through the contract modification procedure. Other choices give the submittal an automatic change effect it does not have.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option B: Use submittal not contract modification to delete the accessories automatically
Choice B (It deletes the accessories automatically) is rejected because the option tries to substitute, waive, or delete the Submittal not contract modification control; the item instead requires It does not change the contract requirements unless processed and accepted as a contract.
Option C: Treat a submittal note as changing contract time without notice
In procurement and contracting, It changes contract time without notice is the wrong selection for Submittal not contract modification: it tries to bypass the Submittal not contract modification checkpoint.
Option D: Use submittal not contract modification to convert the work to time-and-material
The trap in D is It converts the work to time-and-material. That selection is wrong because it leaves out the controlling Submittal not contract modification result: It does not change the contract requirements unless processed and accepted as a contract modification.
Memory Technique
File submittal not contract modification under a checkpoint: condition first, number or duty second, answer It does not change the contract requirements unless processed and accepted as a contract modification.
Reference Hint
Open NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, 14th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Submittal limitations and contract modifications" to confirm that A submittal note does not modify contract scope unless the change is processed and accepted through the contract modification procedure.
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