{
  "query": "NEC contract quotation assessment no schedule impact typical reasons UK construction",
  "claims": [
    {
      "claim": "A quotation may be assessed with no schedule impact if the Project Manager determines the Contractor failed to provide an early warning that an experienced contractor would have given, allowing the event to be assessed as if the warning had been provided.",
      "verbatim_quote": "If the Project Manager considers that the Contractor did not give an early warning which an experienced Contractor could have given... the Project Manager can then assess the subsequent compensation event as though the Contractor had given the early warning, which might mean the assessment has a lower value",
      "source_url": "https://coniston-associates.co.uk/take-notice-a-brief-guide-to-nec-contract-notices/",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Quotations often fail to demonstrate schedule impact because they are submitted as cost spreadsheets and narratives, making it difficult for the Project Manager to verify time impact and assumptions.",
      "verbatim_quote": "Third, quotations are often submitted as cost spreadsheets plus a narrative. That makes it hard for the PM to test time impact and assumptions quickly, so the response becomes “revise and resubmit”.",
      "source_url": "https://www.necplanningsolutions.co.uk/post/nec4-compensation-events-how-to-get-quotations-agreed",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Assessments may show no impact if the contractor uses the incorrect programme reference, as the assessment must be anchored to the accepted programme current at the dividing date.",
      "verbatim_quote": "Second, people use the wrong programme reference. The accepted programme “current at the dividing date” is the anchor for assessment (clause 63.5), and a later revised programme can be irrelevant if it was issued after the dividing date.",
      "source_url": "https://www.necplanningsolutions.co.uk/post/nec4-compensation-events-how-to-get-quotations-agreed",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "A Project Manager may reject a quotation's assessment of impact if they judge it has not been done 'correctly' according to the rules in clause 63.",
      "verbatim_quote": "The second reason requires the project manager to make a reasoned judgement as to whether or not the contractor’s assessment has been done ‘correctly’. The rules governing how the assessment should be made are stated in clause 63 and extensive.",
      "source_url": "https://www.neccontract.com/news/when-and-why-nec-project-managers-have-to-assess-compensation-events?srsltid=AfmBOorxDfHK4nTmagC9tKt6hsm5r_7oizVXMr-qmaVp3EE8fYYfXGsj",
      "relevance": "medium"
    },
    {
      "claim": "A Project Manager may withhold acceptance of a quotation if more information is required to fully assess the submission, which can include the details of the assessment.",
      "verbatim_quote": "This describes a reason for withholding acceptance of a communication is, ‘that more information is needed in order to assess the contractor’s submission fully.’",
      "source_url": "https://www.neccontract.com/news/when-and-why-nec-project-managers-have-to-assess-compensation-events?srsltid=AfmBOorxDfHK4nTmagC9tKt6hsm5r_7oizVXMr-qmaVp3EE8fYYfXGsj",
      "relevance": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "market_context": "- [HIGH] A quotation may be assessed with no schedule impact if the Project Manager determines the Contractor failed to provide an early warning that an experienced contractor would have given, allowing the event to be assessed as if the warning had been provided. (source: https://coniston-associates.co.uk/take-notice-a-brief-guide-to-nec-contract-notices/)\n- [HIGH] Quotations often fail to demonstrate schedule impact because they are submitted as cost spreadsheets and narratives, making it difficult for the Project Manager to verify time impact and assumptions. (source: https://www.necplanningsolutions.co.uk/post/nec4-compensation-events-how-to-get-quotations-agreed)\n- [HIGH] Assessments may show no impact if the contractor uses the incorrect programme reference, as the assessment must be anchored to the accepted programme current at the dividing date. (source: https://www.necplanningsolutions.co.uk/post/nec4-compensation-events-how-to-get-quotations-agreed)\n- [MEDIUM] A Project Manager may reject a quotation's assessment of impact if they judge it has not been done 'correctly' according to the rules in clause 63. (source: https://www.neccontract.com/news/when-and-why-nec-project-managers-have-to-assess-compensation-events?srsltid=AfmBOorxDfHK4nTmagC9tKt6hsm5r_7oizVXMr-qmaVp3EE8fYYfXGsj)\n- [MEDIUM] A Project Manager may withhold acceptance of a quotation if more information is required to fully assess the submission, which can include the details of the assessment. (source: https://www.neccontract.com/news/when-and-why-nec-project-managers-have-to-assess-compensation-events?srsltid=AfmBOorxDfHK4nTmagC9tKt6hsm5r_7oizVXMr-qmaVp3EE8fYYfXGsj)"
}