Currently, when creating a contract in cost, and selecting the Amount Locked option (to lock the total while allowing the subcontractor to breakdown their SOV), the description suggests that each budget linked item amount is locked. However, in practice, when adding multiple different budget codes to the contract, the subcontractor can edit those amounts as long as they sum to the overall total contract amount. This should be restricted (or at least another option added to allow it to be restricted). For example, if I create a sub contract including both plumbing and HVAC, and breakdown those amounts between two budget codes, say for $500,000 each, I want the $500,000 for plumbing (and respectively for HVAC) to be fixed at $500,000 while the subcontractor can still add sub items to further breakdown plumbing and HVAC respectively for billing purposes. Currently, the amount fixed is only the $1,000,000 total, and they can change the Plumbing amount to, say, $250,000 and HVAC to $750,000. That creates a misalignment with my budget and potentially with our own SOV with the client on the main contract.
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