45A.830 Copies of proposed contracts to be made available to selection committee -

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- Certifications to be made upon negotiation of contract -- Filing with

Government Contract Review Committee.

(1)For architectural, engineering, and engineering-related construction services

procured under KRS 45A.180 and 45A.825, the procuring officer shall make

available a copy of the proposed contract to each member of the selection

committee involved in the procurement process for that contract after the procuring

officer has negotiated an architectural, engineering, or engineering-related services

contract for the Finance and Administration Cabinet or the Department of Fish and

Wildlife Resources, or an engineering or engineering-related services contract for

the Transportation Cabinet, but before the contract is submitted to the Government

Contract Review Committee.

(2)For architectural, engineering, and engineering-related construction services

procured under KRS 45A.180 and 45A.825, the secretary or commissioner of the

procuring agency, the procuring officer, and each voting member of the selection

committee shall sign separate certificates, devised by the procuring agency, that

shall provide the signatory with the option of certifying that, to the best of his or her

knowledge, he or she is either aware or unaware of circumstances that may

constitute a violation of this chapter occurring in the procurement process. Any

employee of the Auditor of Public Accounts, who served as a nonvoting member of

the selection committee and who attended any committee proceeding, may

participate in the preparation of a report for filing with the Government Contract

Review Committee certifying that the applicable procedural provisions of KRS

45A.825(4), (6), (7), and

(8)were or were not met. Before filing the report, the

employee or employees who participated in its preparation shall sign it.

(3)For architectural, engineering, and engineering-related construction services

procured under KRS 45A.180 and 45A.825, the procuring agency shall maintain the

following information, readily available to the Government Contract Review

Committee upon request:

(a)The certificates;

(b)The selection committee's ranking of firms; and

(c)A statement affirming that responding firms in all regions of the

Commonwealth were given equal consideration for selection.