5-18B-44. Criteria for construction manager-at-risk engagement.

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Each qualification based request for proposals required by subsection 5-18B-43(2)(b) to enter into a construction manager-at-risk services contract where the construction manager-at-risk intends to actually perform construction on the project, shall meet the following criteria:

(1)The purchasing agency shall, prior to issuing any request for proposals to enter in a construction management services contract, establish and publish procedures for the solicitation and award of such contracts, which procedures shall include the following:

(a)The procedures and standards to be used to qualify construction managers;

(b)The procedures for preparing and submitting proposals;

(c)The procedures for evaluating proposals;

(d)The procedures for negotiations between the purchasing agency and those submitting proposals prior to the acceptance of a proposal. The procedures shall contain safeguards to preserve the confidential information and proprietary information supplied by those submitting proposals; and

(e)The procedures for awarding construction management services contracts;

(2)A request for proposals to enter into a construction management services contract shall contain the following elements:

(a)The identity of the purchasing agency;

(b)A description of the proposed public improvement;

(c)A description of the qualifications the construction manager will be required to have;

(d)The procedures to be followed for submitting proposals, the criteria for evaluation of a proposal and its relative weight, and procedures for making awards;

(e)The proposed terms and conditions for the construction management services contract, including a description of the scope of services to be provided;

(3)Notice of any request for proposals shall be advertised in accordance with the provisions of § 5-18A-14 ;

(4)After obtaining and evaluating proposals, a purchasing agency may accept the proposal it considers the most advantageous to the purchasing agency. Acceptance of a proposal shall be by written notice to the construction manager submitting the accepted proposal, and by simultaneously notifying in writing the other construction managers that their proposals were not accepted; and

(5)The purchasing agency shall reserve the right to reject any or all proposals submitted.