{"id":15300,"date":"2020-06-29T13:08:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T11:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/10-mistakes-in-construction-contracts-and-how-to-avoid-them-leaving-gaps-due-to-obvious-errors-in-the-bill-of-quantities-7\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T11:21:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T09:21:55","slug":"10-mistakes-in-construction-contracts-and-how-to-avoid-them-leaving-gaps-due-to-obvious-errors-in-the-bill-of-quantities-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/10-mistakes-in-construction-contracts-and-how-to-avoid-them-leaving-gaps-due-to-obvious-errors-in-the-bill-of-quantities-7\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Mis\u00adtakes in Con\u00adstruc\u00adtion Con\u00adtracts (and How to Avoid Them) \u2014 Leav\u00ading Gaps Due to Obvi\u00adous Errors in the Bill of Quan\u00adti\u00adties (7)*."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bill of quan\u00adti\u00adties makes non\u00adsen\u00adsi\u00adcal spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions? You are sup\u00adposed to name employ\u00adees for each part of the ser\u00advice? Offer a tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly super\u00adflu\u00adous posi\u00adtion? And, of course, dis\u00adclose your pur\u00adchase prices? This can\u2019t pos\u00adsi\u00adbly be meant seri\u00adous\u00adly, can it?    <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>Issue<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve found your\u00adself in this sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion at times, you\u2019re like many oth\u00ader con\u00adtrac\u00adtors. An item in the bill of quan\u00adti\u00adties seems so non\u00adsen\u00adsi\u00adcal that it looks like an over\u00adsight \u2014 or like mali\u00adcious intent. The ques\u00adtion is, how do you deal with it now?  <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>Inad\u00ade\u00adquate solu\u00adtion<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Many entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs do not fill in any\u00adthing. They leave the posi\u00adtion blank, a price or prod\u00aduct infor\u00adma\u00adtion is miss\u00ading, even though required. These entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs act accord\u00ading\u00adly to the mot\u00adto: What can\u00adnot be meant seri\u00adous\u00adly is not meant seri\u00adous\u00adly either. Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, this is usu\u00adal\u00adly a rather bad mot\u00adto. Gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly, the client wants not only cor\u00adrect, but also com\u00adplete infor\u00adma\u00adtion from you. He also is enti\u00adtled to this. If the miss\u00ading infor\u00adma\u00adtion is not mere\u00adly com\u00adpa\u00adny-relat\u00aded, but per\u00adfor\u00admance-relat\u00aded \u2014 which is almost always the case with prices \u2014 then he may only demand it with\u00adin very nar\u00adrow lim\u00adits. In most cas\u00ades, these lim\u00adits are exceed\u00aded. In oth\u00ader words, your bid will be exclud\u00aded. And even if the client is allowed to make addi\u00adtion\u00adal demands, this does not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly mean that he must do so.         <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>Suit\u00adable solu\u00adtion<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Before sub\u00admit\u00adting a bid, you should do two things if you have dis\u00adcov\u00adered \u2014 loose\u00adly and non-juridi\u00adcal\u00adly speak\u00ading \u2014 non\u00adsense in the spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions: Ask ques\u00adtions and file com\u00adplaints. In addi\u00adtion, you should seek legal advice on what you can and can\u00adnot state in a legal\u00adly secure and mean\u00ading\u00adful man\u00adner. After sub\u00admit\u00adting your bid, you should be ready: If the con\u00adtract\u00ading agency excludes your bid, have that deci\u00adsion reviewed by an attor\u00adney imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly. Some\u00adtimes there are ways and means to get you back into the eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion. How\u00adev\u00ader, don\u2019t let time pass here; often it\u2019s only a mat\u00adter of days.    <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red;\">*This legal tip is not a sub\u00adsti\u00adtute for legal advice in indi\u00advid\u00adual cas\u00ades. By its very nature, it is incom\u00adplete, nor is it spe\u00adcif\u00adic to your case, and it also rep\u00adre\u00adsents a snap\u00adshot in time, as legal prin\u00adci\u00adples and case law change over time. It can\u00adnot and does not cov\u00ader all con\u00adceiv\u00adable con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtions, serves enter\u00adtain\u00adment and ini\u00adtial ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion pur\u00adpos\u00ades and is intend\u00aded to moti\u00advate you to clar\u00adi\u00adfy legal issues at an ear\u00adly stage, but not to dis\u00adcour\u00adage you from doing so.  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bill of quan\u00adti\u00adties makes non\u00adsen\u00adsi\u00adcal spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions? You are sup\u00adposed to name employ\u00adees for each part of the ser\u00advice? Offer a tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly super\u00adflu\u00adous posi\u00adtion? And, of course, dis\u00adclose your pur\u00adchase prices? This can\u2019t pos\u00adsi\u00adbly be meant seri\u00adous\u00adly, can it? Issue If you\u2019ve found your\u00adself in this sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion at times, you\u2019re like many oth\u00ader con\u00adtrac\u00adtors. 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