2.Situational Analysis:An appointed Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) has given verbal direction to the prime contractor to perform emergency satellite earth station electronic repair work that is different than what has been authorized under a Contracting Officer (KO) signed Delivery Order for routine preventative maintenance of the satellite dish.The newly directed work that has been ordered by the COTR is still within the general scope of the prime contract statement of work (SOW).However, the KO signed Delivery Order, which initially brought the prime contractor personnel out to the satellite dish earth station location on Friday afternoon at 4:30 pm, does not cover the new COTR directed work.The KO does not know of this COTR directed change that was given to the prime contractor.Furthermore, at the Post Award Conference, which occurred immediately after contract award, the KO informed both the prime contractor and the COTR that no work is authorized under the contract unless it is issued as a written Delivery Order signed by the KO.In being dutiful, the on-site contractor personnel perform the additional work that the COTR directed to have accomplished in this emergency.

a)What is the name for this type of change direction that was given by the COTR to the Contractor? (2 Points)

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b)What is/are the obligation(s) of the COTR to the KO at the earliest possible time?

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c)What is/are the obligation(s) of the prime contractor to the Government Contracting Officer with regards to the actions addressed in Situation above?(2 Points)

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d)By whatauthoritydid the prime contractor act upon when they were given the direction by the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) in Situation above to perform the work without Government Contracting Officer oral or written consent? (2 Points)

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e)What options are available to the Contracting Officer under this Situation and why would the Contracting Officer take such action(s) (2 Points)

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f)In the performance of the work that was directed by the COTR in the Situation above, the contractor incurred $18,438.41 of labor and material costs, and has submitted a request for payment that also includes $1,844 of profit.What should the Contracting Officer consider as payment if the Contracting Officer accepts the contractor's work?

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g)What is the legal term and doctrine that the contractor's contract administrator could cite as justification to the Contracting Officer for payment of its company's performance of work at the direction of the COTR in the Situation above? (2 Points)

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h)Should the contractor have performed the work at the direction of the COTR, andwhy? (1 Point)

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