A company has been awarded a large government contract to develop a new transportation system. There is uncertainty surrounding the project ' s timeline. The project team is struggling to finalize the project ' s budget due to unclear estimates from vendors. An updated vendor price list detailing the costs of available technologies is an essential component in determining the project ' s final cost. The project team will not be able to finalize the project ' s timeline until the budget is finalized.

What should the risk manager do?