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Question 1 (25pts): On April 10th you delivered a batch of 100 steel sheets to II, as required by the contract. On April 11th the COR notifies you that he is rejecting 25 of the tendered sheets of steel. The COR provided the following documentation along with his rejection: The contract states that the rivet diameter to be used by II is 1/8 inch. A review of MIL-STD 40007 shows that a 1/8 inch rivet diameter requires that the rivet hole be a minimum of 0.128 inches and no more than a maximum of 0.133 inches. The rivet holes on the requested sheets measured between 0.097 and 0.102 inches, which is below the minimum required for this contract. You suspect that your lazy nephew accidentally calibrated his machine for a rivet diameter of 3/32 inches, but you can’t prove it. Vowing never to having this type of issue again, you move your nephew upstairs into the main office and assign him some easy clerical functions to handle.

What subpart of FAR 52.212-4 allows the Government to reject these sheets of steel? As a result of this rejection, what may the Government require that DU do, and how might that requirement impact DU?

Answer 1