A supplier misses a committed delivery date for long-lead gear. What should procurement do?
Correct Answer
B) Check contract remedies, expedite alternatives, document impacts, and protect notice rights.
Supplier default requires contractual, recovery, and notice controls.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Supplier default requires contractual, recovery, and notice controls.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: The contractor should ignore the delay until substantial completion
Choice A gives Ignore the delay until substantial completion. Its specific error: it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Supplier default recovery requires Check contract remedies, expedite alternatives, document impacts, and protect notice rights.
Option C: Release the supplier from all terms verbally, leaving supplier default recovery unverified
In procurement and contracting, Release the supplier from all terms verbally. is the wrong selection for Supplier default recovery: the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Supplier default recovery.
Option D: The contractor should delete the procurement log
The trap in D is Delete the procurement log. That selection is wrong because it removes the controlling Supplier default recovery requirement instead of meeting it.
Memory Technique
Remember supplier default recovery by its jobsite consequence: the correct move points to Check contract remedies, expedite alternatives, document impacts, and protect notice rights.
Reference Hint
Open NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, 14th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Supplier default" to confirm that Supplier default requires contractual, recovery, and notice controls.
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