A new school is being constructed using the NEC

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$$Engineering and Construction Contract Option A with secondary Options X

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$,$

$$X

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$,$

$$X

$1$

$6$

$$and X

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$1$

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$$No programme is identified in the Contract Data and the period after the Contract Date within which the Contractor submits a first programme for acceptance is three weeks. The interval for submitting revised programmes and the assessment interval are both a calendar month. The starting date is

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$1$

$$March$.$ The period for reply is one week.The following are dates on which programmes were submitted by the Contractor and the Project Manager's response. Programme No Contractor's submission Project Manager's response

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$3$

$3$

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$$April

$7$

$$May

$-$

$$Accepted

$0$

$4$

$0$

$1$

$$June

$1$

$4$

$$June

$-$

$$Accepted

$0$

$5$

$3$

$0$

$$June

$1$

$0$

$$July

$-$

$$Accepted

$0$

$6$

$3$

$1$

$$July

$0$

$9$

$$August

$-$

$$Not Accepted

$0$

$7$

$3$

$1$

$$August

$0$

$5$

$$September

$-$

$$Accepted On

$0$

$1$

$$June the Contractor notifies an early warning. On the

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$7$

$$July$,$ the Contractor notifies the Project Manager of a compensation event for the same matter notified in the early warning. The Project Manager replies to the Contractor on

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$$July and accepts the event is a compensation event and instructs the Contractor to submit a quotation. The period within which the Contractor submits its quotation is extended and it is submitted on

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$7$

$$September$.$

Which programme should be used for assessing the compensation event? Select ONE option.

a$.$ None of the programmes should be used. The Project Manager should be making its own assessment of the compensation event.

b$.$ Programme No $03-30$April$.$

c$.$ Programme No $04-01$June$.$

d$.$ Programme No $05-30$June$.$

e$.$ Programme No $07-31$August$.$