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Construction Contract Essay

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Assignment 1. For the following types of undertakings, which contract modes are most appropriate? Be prepared to explain the rationale behind your choice. We want to order a pencil manufacturer to produce 20,000 pencils for us When ordering a set number of items from a manufacturer who is in the business of making that product and will not have to engage in any research, development, or real custom work, the standard contract would be a fixed-price contract . This scenario describes a simple bulk order of an item. Therefore, in this situation, the most appropriate contract mode is the fixed price contract. This allows the company to receive a number of bids for the 20,000 pencil contract and compare the costs in those bids. It also does not put the seller at tremendous risk because they do not face tremendous variation in the costs of their supplies for manufacturers. Also, as the purchaser fixed price contracts are good for purchasers, because the sellers bear most of the risk of the contract. We want to have a 300 meter bridge built to span a local river When engaging in a construction contract, time is of the essence and running over time projections can cause literally millions of dollars in additional non-contract costs. Therefore, construction contracts that can provide incentives to complete the project on time or early are beneficial because they effectively penalized contractors who fail to deliver on-time performance. With a CPIF contract, the

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