Changes and More

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Changes and More

• 15,16, and 17

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Equitable Estoppel

• The party to be estopped (PTBE) must know the
  facts
• The injured party did not
• The injured party relied on actions of PTBE
• Actual injury

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Changes

• What can be changed?
• Method of shipping or packaging
• Place of delivery
• In-scope changes to drawings designs or specs
• Authority
• Non Contracting Officers
• Outside the Scope

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In-Scope

• What does in scope mean?
• That which a reasonable person would have
  anticipated at the time of contract award
• Changes in Quantity are prohibited
• Except. . .

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Changes

• Duty to proceed
• No authority
• No clear direction
• Untenable position
• Effect of Failure to proceed
• Default

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Changes

• Formal change order
• Contractor proposed
• Government originated
• Bilateral
• Unilateral

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Changes

• Constructive changes
• Types
• Contract interpretation
• Interference Failure to Cooperate
• Defective Specification
• Nondisclosure of Vital Information
• Acceleration

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Delays

• Standard clause
• Constructive Suspension
• Constructive Delays
• Excusable Delays

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Constructive Delay

• Changes
• Faulty Specifications
• Furnishing Property
• Inspection of Work

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Excusable Delays

• Elements Proof
• Unforseeable
• Beyond control
• Without fault or negligence
• Actual Delay
• Unavoidable
• Minimize effect

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Excusable Delays (16-8)

• Acts of God
• Sovereign Acts Contractual Acts
• Fires
• Floods
• Epidemics
• Quarantine
• Strikes
• Freight Embargoes
• Unusually severe weather
• Subcontractor Delays

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Equitable Adjustments

• Computation
• Contractor kept whole
• Governments pricing position preserved
• Added Work
• Deleted Work
• Overhead Profit

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Proof

• Burden of proof
• Actual Data
• Total Cost Method
• Orig estimate
• Jury Verdict Method

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Claims

• Preparation Costs (?)
• Interest on Claims (Yes)
• Interest on Borrowings (No)
• Notice of Claims
• 30 days for upward
• Reasonable for downward