A procurement checklist asks whether the apparent low bidder has the experience, capacity, financial strength, and required license to perform the work. Which bidder-review concept is being checked?
Correct Answer
A) Responsibility of the bidder
Responsibility concerns the bidder's ability and qualifications to perform the work. Other choices address arithmetic, optional bid items, or closeout rather than bidder capability.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Responsibility concerns the bidder's ability and qualifications to perform the work. Other choices address arithmetic, optional bid items, or closeout rather than bidder capability.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option B: Base the responsible bidder response on mathematical extension
In procurement and contracting, Mathematical extension only is the wrong selection for Responsible bidder: it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Responsible bidder requires Responsibility of the bidder.
Option C: Classify the condition as a voluntary alternate
The trap in C is A voluntary alternate. That selection is wrong because it points to A voluntary alternate, but.
Option D: Select final completion for responsible bidder
Choice D gives Final completion. Its specific error: it answers the Responsible bidder prompt with the wrong practical move.
Memory Technique
File responsible bidder under a tab: condition first, number or duty second, answer Responsibility of the bidder.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Project Management, 5th Ed. (2022); use the index entry or section for "Bidder responsibility" to confirm that Responsibility concerns the bidder's ability and qualifications to perform the work.
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