The bid form asks for a base bid and three alternates. How should the contractor submit alternate pricing?
Correct Answer
D) Price each alternate separately as requested by the bid form
Alternates are separate bid items that let the owner add or deduct defined scope while comparing bids. Other choices hide the comparison basis or omit requested bid information.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Alternates are separate bid items that let the owner add or deduct defined scope while comparing bids. Other choices hide the comparison basis or omit requested bid information.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: The contractor should blend all alternates into one hidden contingency
In procurement and contracting, Blend all alternates into one hidden contingency is the wrong selection for Alternates: it points to Blend all alternates into one hidden contingency, but.
Option B: The contractor should submit only the lowest alternate
The trap in B is Submit only the lowest alternate. That selection is wrong because the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Alternates.
Option C: The contractor should omit alternates until after the contract is signed
Choice C gives Omit alternates until after the contract is signed. Its specific error: it leaves out the controlling Alternates result: Price each alternate separately as requested by the bid form.
Memory Technique
Link alternates to its book condition; a different condition means a different answer than Price each alternate separately as requested by the bid form.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Project Management, 5th Ed. (2022); use the index entry or section for "Alternates in bidding" to confirm that Alternates are separate bid items that let the owner add or deduct defined scope while comparing bids.
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