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estimates will no longer contain major assumptions. The project team will designate one
person to compare successive project estimates and prepare an orderly and comprehensive
reconciliation.
The architect-engineer (A-E) must work closely with GSA's independent estimator to coordinate
the estimates with design submissions and the scope of work, to review assumptions
concerning exclusions and inclusions, and generally to ensure that the estimate reflects GSA's
intent. These estimators must have a thorough understanding of the marketplace in which the
project is located, research market prices, and obtain price quotes for specialty items.
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GSA contractors are advised to be aware of 18 United States Code 1001, which deals with the
False Statements Act. This code states, in part:
"...whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial
branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully -
(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;
(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or
(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially
false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves
international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than
8 years, or both."
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