Opinion ID: 1204270
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Performance Schedule

Text: NGC's claimed accelerated performance obligations fail for lack of specificity and credibility. The bidding documents projected a two year construction deadline for completion of the hospital addition. NGC points to nothing in the record demonstrating the time for window installation required by the bidding documents. At trial, R.J. Braunschweig testified that he had prepared his bid on the basis of the two year project schedule but did not indicate when he expected NGC's performance to be due under that schedule. Indeed, he had earlier stated in an affidavit that NGC had prepared its bid on the assumption of a November 1983 completion date. M-N testified that the architect's deadline represented the final permissible date for all construction to finish. Contractors customarily attempt completion before the deadline to maximize profits by freeing their resources for other projects. At the time of bidding, NGC should have expected to perform at a reasonable time within the two year schedule. In any event, from the time M-N first notified NGC of the award, NGC knew that M-N needed the glass and windows installed before the onset of that year's winter. NGC did not object when it confirmed its bid in writing and never objected to the timetable until its letter of repudiation in September. The record does not support a view that a November 1983 window installation was an unreasonable demand within this schedule. NGC's failure to object to M-N's timetable until two months before completion was due seriously weakens its claim that the timetable materially altered NGC's performance obligations. In short, although Judge Shortell made no express finding as to NGC's bid expectations, the record does not support NGC's claim of accelerated obligations.