Both the roofing subcontract and sheet-metal subcontract include coping caps in their proposals. What should the buyout team do before issuing subcontracts?
Correct Answer
D) Assign the coping scope once and remove duplicate coverage from the other subcontract
Scope overlap should be resolved during buyout so the work is bought once and assigned clearly. Other choices double-buy, omit required scope, or defer a known procurement problem.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Scope overlap should be resolved during buyout so the work is bought once and assigned clearly. Other choices double-buy, omit required scope, or defer a known procurement problem.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Pay both subcontractors for the same coping work
Choice A (Pay both subcontractors for the same coping work) is rejected because it names a financial document or payment mechanism, not the Scope overlap action/result stated by Assign the coping scope once and remove duplicate coverage from the other subcontract.
Option B: Accept the price information as submitted and leave scope overlap unverified
In procurement and contracting, Delete coping caps from the project is the wrong selection for Scope overlap: the option tries to substitute, waive, or delete the Scope overlap control; the item instead requires Assign the coping scope once and remove duplicate coverage from the other subcontract.
Option C: The contractor should ignore the overlap until final payment
The trap in C is Ignore the overlap until final payment. That selection is wrong because it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Scope overlap requires Assign the coping scope once and remove duplicate coverage from the other subcontract; Scope overlap should be resolved before subcontract award so required work is covered once.
Memory Technique
Use the phrase "problem, control, result" for scope overlap; the result side is Assign the coping scope once and remove duplicate coverage from the other subcontract.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Project Management, 5th Ed. (2022); use the index entry or section for "Buyout scope overlap" to confirm that Scope overlap should be resolved during buyout so the work is bought once and assigned clearly.
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