{
  "query": "NEC4 contract quotation response times and consequences of delay",
  "claims": [
    {
      "claim": "The Contractor must submit a compensation event quotation within three weeks of being instructed to do so by the Project Manager.",
      "verbatim_quote": "If the Contractor does not produce a compensation event quotation within three weeks of being instructed to do so (or as extended by agreement under clause 62.5), then the Project Manager simply makes their own assessment (clause 64.1).",
      "source_url": "https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "The Project Manager has a two-week window to respond to a compensation event quotation.",
      "verbatim_quote": "When the PM's two-week quotation response window is approaching expiry, the commercial team is alerted before it closes — so the clause 62.6 notification can be issued at the right moment, not missed entirely.",
      "source_url": "https://www.gatherinsights.com/en/nec4/response-periods",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "If the Project Manager fails to respond to a quotation within two weeks, the Contractor can notify them of this failure; if no response is received within a further two weeks, the quotation is deemed accepted.",
      "verbatim_quote": "If the Project Manager does not respond to a quotation within two weeks, then again, the Contractor can notify that fact. If they do not respond within a further two weeks, the quotation (i.e. cost and time) is deemed accepted.",
      "source_url": "https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "For acceleration quotations, both the Contractor's submission and the Project Manager's reply have a three-week deadline.",
      "verbatim_quote": "The Contractor provides a quotation within three weeks of the instruction to do so. The Project Manager replies to the quotation within three weeks. Clause 36 – Acceleration",
      "source_url": "https://www.civil.hku.hk/cicid/past_events/20190625/presentations/Updating_from_NEC3_to_NEC4__John_Battersby.pdf",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "If the Contractor fails to submit a quotation on time, the Project Manager is empowered to make their own assessment.",
      "verbatim_quote": "If the Contractor does not produce a compensation event quotation within three weeks of being instructed to do so (or as extended by agreement under clause 62.5), then the Project Manager simply makes their own assessment (clause 64.1).",
      "source_url": "https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Project Manager responses to quotations must be a definitive acceptance or non-acceptance rather than a \"holding response.\"",
      "verbatim_quote": "Responses can not be a “holding response”, i.e., a response to a compensation event quotation must be either acceptance or non-acceptance within two weeks, not a response within two weeks to state “we will get back to you in due course”.",
      "source_url": "https://www.ceca.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CECA-NEC-Bulletin-No.34-%E2%80%93-Periods-for-response-in-NEC-contracts-October-2023.pdf",
      "relevance": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "market_context": "- [HIGH] The Contractor must submit a compensation event quotation within three weeks of being instructed to do so by the Project Manager. (source: https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/)\n- [HIGH] The Project Manager has a two-week window to respond to a compensation event quotation. (source: https://www.gatherinsights.com/en/nec4/response-periods)\n- [HIGH] If the Project Manager fails to respond to a quotation within two weeks, the Contractor can notify them of this failure; if no response is received within a further two weeks, the quotation is deemed accepted. (source: https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/)\n- [HIGH] For acceleration quotations, both the Contractor's submission and the Project Manager's reply have a three-week deadline. (source: https://www.civil.hku.hk/cicid/past_events/20190625/presentations/Updating_from_NEC3_to_NEC4__John_Battersby.pdf)\n- [HIGH] If the Contractor fails to submit a quotation on time, the Project Manager is empowered to make their own assessment. (source: https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/)\n- [MEDIUM] Project Manager responses to quotations must be a definitive acceptance or non-acceptance rather than a \"holding response.\" (source: https://www.ceca.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CECA-NEC-Bulletin-No.34-%E2%80%93-Periods-for-response-in-NEC-contracts-October-2023.pdf)"
}