The low bidder has unresolved default history and lacks required licenses. What evaluation issue is raised?
Correct Answer
D) Bidder responsibility.
Responsibility concerns the bidder's capacity, qualifications, integrity, and ability to perform.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Responsibility concerns the bidder's capacity, qualifications, integrity, and ability to perform.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Bid arithmetic only
The trap in A is Bid arithmetic only. That selection is wrong because it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Responsibility concern requires Bidder responsibility.; Licensing and performance capacity are responsibility issues.
Option B: A warranty call
Choice B gives A warranty call. Its specific error: it leaves out the controlling Responsibility concern result: Bidder responsibility.
Option C: A stored-material invoice
Choice C (A stored-material invoice.) is rejected because it names a financial document or payment mechanism, not the Responsibility concern action/result stated by Bidder responsibility. The cited answer is Bidder responsibility.
Memory Technique
Remember responsibility concern by its jobsite consequence: the correct move points to Bidder responsibility.
Reference Hint
Open NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, 14th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Bidder responsibility" to confirm that Responsibility concerns the bidder's capacity, qualifications, integrity, and ability to perform.
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