A subcontract administrator catches this issue before award: when the instructions call a prebid meeting mandatory, what is the bid risk of nonattendance?
Correct Answer
A) The bid may be rejected as nonresponsive under the instructions
The bid may be rejected as nonresponsive under the instructions is the controlling requirement: the distractors are related-looking contract or field terms, but they do not match the cited requirement for review item 227.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
The bid may be rejected as nonresponsive under the instructions is the controlling requirement
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option B: The bid automatically receives a bonus
Choice B gives The bid automatically receives a bonus. Its specific error: it names a financial document or payment mechanism, not the Prebid meeting action/result stated by.
Option C: Select attendance becomes optional after award for prebid meeting
Choice C (Attendance becomes optional after award) is rejected because it answers the Prebid meeting prompt with the wrong practical move.
Option D: Use the payment application file as the backup record for prebid meeting
In procurement and contracting, The project scope is deleted is the wrong selection for Prebid meeting: it removes the controlling Prebid meeting requirement instead of meeting it.
Memory Technique
File prebid meeting under a tag: condition first, number or duty second, answer The bid may be rejected as nonresponsive under the instructions.
Reference Hint
Open NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management - Basic, 14th Ed.; use by topic index - prebid procedures / substitutions / protests to confirm that The bid may be rejected as nonresponsive under the instructions is the controlling requirement
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