You have advised a potential client that your fee for doing professional certain design work will be $6\%$ of the final cost of the construction. The potential client informed you that one of your competitors has offered to do the work for $5\mathrm{.}5\%.$ The best response would be to

A$)$ Reduce your fee.

B$)$ Inform the potential client of the requirements of ethical practice.

C$)$ Suggest that your client accepts the lower offer.

D$)$ Refuses to compete based on fee only.