What is the objective of the unilateral change order?
What is the objective of the unilateral change order?
A unilateral change order, or modification, is one which is issued by the contracting officer without requiring the consent or signature of the contractor. It is a one-sided directive to perform and although a contractor must abide by a unilateral directive, he is free to file a claim for the additional costs or time incurred. Since a unilateral change order does not require the contractor’s signature, the change order cannot act as, or contain, a release of further claims.
The purpose of a change order is to add work to an existing contract. Basically, this this work is added with mutually agreeable terms in scope, time, and cost. These terms often cannot be agreed upon and contractors feel coerced into signing the document.
A change order does not have to be signed by you in order to be paid. You may simply refuse to sign it and your client can issue this change order, and pay it, without your signature. This document is called a unilateral change order.
The change order is unilaterally ( that means without your consent or mutual agreement) issued by your client, hence it is named as unilateral change order.
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