of payment. Failure of the Contractor to provide all information, as
specified below, shall result in the disapproval of the entire Project
Schedule submission and the inability of the Contracting Officer to
evaluate Contractor progress for payment purposes. In the case where
Project Schedule revisions have been directed by the Contracting Officer
and those revisions have not been included in the Project Schedule, the
Contracting Officer may hold retainage up to the maximum allowed by
contract, each payment period, until revisions to the Project Schedule have
been made.
3.3
PROJECT SCHEDULE
The computer software system utilized by the Contractor to produce the
Project Schedule shall be capable of providing all requirements of this
specification. Failure of the Contractor to meet the requirements of this
specification shall result in the disapproval of the schedule. Manual
methods used to produce any required information shall require approval by
the Contracting Officer.
3.3.1
Use of the Critical Path Method
The Critical Path Method (CPM) of network calculation shall be used to
generate the Project Schedule. The Contractor shall provide the Project
Schedule in the Precedence Diagram Method (PDM).
3.3.2
Level of Detail Required
The Project Schedule shall include an appropriate level of detail. Failure
to develop or update the Project Schedule or provide data to the
Contracting Officer at the appropriate level of detail, as specified by the
Contracting Officer, shall result in the disapproval of the schedule. The
Contracting Officer will use, but is not limited to, the following
conditions to determine the appropriate level of detail to be used in the
Project Schedule:
3.3.2.1
Activity Durations
Contractor submissions shall follow the direction of the Contracting
Officer regarding reasonable activity durations. Reasonable durations are
those that allow the progress of activities to be accurately determined
between payment periods (usually less than 2 percent of all non-procurement
activities' Original Durations are greater than 20 days).
3.3.2.2
Design and Permit Activities
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NOTE: This paragraph applies only to design-build
procurements.
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Design and permitting activities, including necessary conferences and
follow-up actions and design package submission dates, shall be integrated
into the schedule.
3.3.2.3
Procurement Activities
Tasks related to the procurement of long lead materials or equipment shall
be included as separate activities in the project schedule. Long lead
materials and equipment are those materials that have a procurement cycle
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