The construction manager questions a proposed entry: a low proposal excludes temporary heat that the specifications assign to that trade. What should be done before award?
Correct Answer
D) Close the scope gap or carry the missing cost in the correct package
Close the scope gap or carry the missing cost in the correct package is the contract-appropriate response: the distractors either bypass required review, conceal a defect, or create a payment or quality dispute in scenario item 411.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Close the scope gap or carry the missing cost in the correct package is the contract-appropriate response
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Hope another trade includes it; without contract authorization
Choice A (Hope another trade includes it; without contract authorization) is rejected because it tries to bypass the Bid scope gap checkpoint.
Option B: The contractor should delete the specified heat
In procurement and contracting, Delete the specified heat is the wrong selection for Bid scope gap: it treats Bid scope gap as optional.
Option C: The contractor should wait for final payment
The trap in C is Wait for final payment. That selection is wrong because the option delays or omits the controlling step.
Memory Technique
Remember bid scope gap by its jobsite consequence: the correct move points to Close the scope gap or carry the missing cost in the correct package.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Project Management, 5th Ed. (2022); use the index entry or section for "Buyout scope review" to confirm that Close the scope gap or carry the missing cost in the correct package is the contract-appropriate response
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