CE Notification — Time Bar
If the Contractor does not notify a CE within eight weeks of becoming aware of the event, the Contractor is not entitled to a change in the Prices or Completion Date.
This is a strict time bar. The period runs from the date the Contractor became aware (or should reasonably have become aware) of the event, not from when full impacts are known.
The eight-week time bar is absolute. There is no discretion to extend it. The only exception is if the PM notified the CE first under 61.1.
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