Respond to Consultant Recommendation Request on a Supplemental Instruction

When a Contract Administrator has requested additional input on a Supplemental Instruction from a specific discipline, a Consultant in that discipline will receive an action item on their Home page, advising that a Consultant Recommendation is required for the Supplemental Instruction. You can also access the document on the Supplemental Instruction Search page.

To respond to a Consultant Recommendation request:

1. Click on the Project that contains the Consultant Recommendation in your Action Itemslist.

The Action Items list expands.

Tip: Documents requiring your review will be labeled "Consultant Recommendation Required" after the document title.

2. Click the action item.

The Supplemental Instruction Consultant Recommendation page displays.

3. Review the Supplemental Instruction, and any attachments or comments entered by the Contract Administrator.
4. Once you have reviewed the Supplemental Instruction information, initiate a new Consultant Recommendation by clicking New [Your Discipline] This button description will differ depending on your discipline. For example, if you are in an Architectural discipline, the button will appear as New [Architectural] Recommendation. Consultant Recommendation.

The Consultant Recommendation page displays.

Note: The Document to Issue, Number, and Title of the Consultant Recommendation is populated in sequence based on the Supplemental Instruction the recommendation was issued from.

5. Using the Rich Text Editor, enter the:
   • Description of the Consultant Recommendation
   • Reason of the Consultant Recommendation

6. Complete any additional fields:
   1. Attachments
   2. Linked Documents
   3. Private Comments

Note: Any documents linked to this Consultant Recommendation will in the Link Documents section.

7. To action the Consultant Recommendation, select one of action buttons from the top toolbar: