Future projects will be selected from the interstate system or emergency projects. The bill spells out how pre-qualification is conducted. The commission will issue a request for proposals of pre-qualifiers. The commission will evaluate and score proposals based on certain criteria, publicly open bids, and divide each price by the score of that proposal, yielding an overall value rating for each bid. The commission may award contracts to the best overall value rating.
Awards are final, and the commission has the right to reject any and all bid proposals.
Design-build project contracts may be used only for construction work greater than 10 miles. The commission is authorized to pay a fee to all responsive bidders that do not win the award. Anyone who receives a fee is prohibited from receiving a fee on subsequent design-build projects. The bill has an emergency clause. This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.