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OR Rev Stat § 279B.283 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279B - Public Contracting - Public Procurements|Section 279B.283 - Condition concerning use of conflict minerals.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Affiliated entity" means an entity that a prospective contractor controls, that controls the prospective contractor or that another entity controls in common with the prospective contractor. (b) "Conflict minerals" means: (A) Columbite-tantalite or an ore for tantalum; (B) Cassiterite or an ore for tin; (C) Wolframite or an ore for tungsten; (D) Gold; (E) A derivative of any of the minerals identified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C) or (D) of this paragraph; or (F) Any other mineral or derivative of a mineral the extraction, sale, distribution or use of which a state contracting agency determines, based on findings that the United States Secretary of State makes, is financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or a country that shares an internationally recognized border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (2)(a) A state contracting agency in solicitation documents for a public contract shall require a prospective contractor to state in the prospective contractor’s bid or proposal for the public contract: (A) Whether and to what extent any of the materials the prospective contractor or an affiliated entity of the prospective contractor intends to use in performing the public contract are conflict minerals; and (B) That the prospective contractor’s and the affiliated entity’s disclosures, policies, practices and procedures with respect to procuring conflict minerals comply with the most recent edition of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. (b) A prospective contractor may meet the requirement set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection by linking or referring in a bid or proposal to a description of disclosures, policies, practices and procedures with respect to procuring conflict minerals that the prospective contractor or the affiliated entity has posted on the prospective contractor’s or affiliated entity’s website or has otherwise made available as an official publication that is accessible to the public. (3) Notwithstanding provisions of law that require a state contracting agency to award a public contract to the lowest responsible bidder or to the prospective contractor that submits the best proposal or quotation, to the extent that procurement requires or will use conflict minerals, a state contracting agency shall give a preference to each prospective contractor that meets the requirements set forth in subsection (2) of this section. [2019 c.294 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 279B.410 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279B - Public Contracting - Public Procurements|Section 279B.410 - Protests of contract award.

(1) A bidder or proposer may protest the award of a public contract or a notice of intent to award a public contract, whichever occurs first, if: (a) The bidder or proposer is adversely affected because the bidder or proposer would be eligible to be awarded the public contract in the event that the protest were successful; and (b) The reason for the protest is that: (A) All lower bids or higher ranked proposals are nonresponsive; (B) The contracting agency has failed to conduct the evaluation of proposals in accordance with the criteria or processes described in the solicitation materials; (C) The contracting agency has abused its discretion in rejecting the protestor’s bid or proposal as nonresponsive; or (D) The contracting agency’s evaluation of bids or proposals or the contracting agency’s subsequent determination of award is otherwise in violation of this chapter or ORS chapter 279A. (2) The bidder or proposer shall submit the protest to the contracting agency in writing and shall specify the grounds for the protest to be considered by the contracting agency. (3) The rules adopted under ORS 279A.065 shall establish a reasonable time and manner for protests to be submitted. The contracting agency may not consider late protests. (4) The contracting agency shall consider and respond in writing to a protest in a timely manner. After the contracting agency issues the response, the bidder or proposer may seek judicial review in the manner provided in ORS 279B.415. [2003 c.794 §85]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.005 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.005 - Definitions.

ORS 279A.010 (1) contains general definitions applicable throughout this chapter. [2003 c.794 §88]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.010 - Applicability.

Except as provided in ORS 279C.320, public contracting under this chapter is subject to ORS chapter 279A, but not ORS chapter 279B. [2003 c.794 §88a; 2005 c.103 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.100 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.100 - Definitions for ORS 279C.100 to 279C.125.

As used in ORS 279C.100 to 279C.125: (1) "Architect" has the meaning given that term in ORS 671.010. (2) "Architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services" means professional services that are required to be performed by an architect, engineer, photogrammetrist, transportation planner or land surveyor. (3) "Engineer" means a person who is registered and holds a valid certificate in the practice of engineering in the State of Oregon, as provided under ORS 672.002 to 672.325, and includes all terms listed in ORS 672.002 (2). (4) "Land surveyor" means a person who is registered and holds a valid certificate in the practice of land surveying in the State of Oregon, as provided under ORS 672.002 to 672.325, and includes all terms listed in ORS 672.002 (5). (5) "Personal services" means the services of a person or persons that are designated by a state contracting agency with procurement authority under ORS 279A.050 or a local contracting agency as personal services. "Personal services" includes architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services procured under ORS 279C.105 or 279C.110 and related services procured under ORS 279C.120. (6) "Photogrammetric mapping" has the meaning given that term in ORS 672.002. (7) "Photogrammetrist" has the meaning given that term in ORS 672.002. (8) "Related services" means personal services, other than architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services, that are related to planning, designing, engineering or overseeing public improvement projects or components of public improvement projects, including but not limited to landscape architectural services, facilities planning services, energy planning services, space planning services, hazardous substances or hazardous waste or toxic substances testing services, cost estimating services, appraising services, material testing services, mechanical system balancing services, commissioning services, project management services, construction management services and owner’s representation services or land-use planning services. (9) "Transportation planning services" means transportation planning services for projects that require compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. [2003 c.794 §89; 2005 c.103 §10; 2005 c.445 §12; 2011 c.458 §1; 2013 c.196 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.105 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.105 - Contracts for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying and related services; procedures.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 279A.140, a contracting agency may enter into a contract for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services and related services. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall enter into a contract for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services and related services on behalf of a state contracting agency that is subject to ORS 279A.140. The provisions of this section do not relieve the contracting agency of the duty to comply with ORS 279A.140, other law applicable to the state contracting agency or applicable city or county charter provisions. A contracting agency that is authorized to enter into a contract for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services and related services shall adopt procedures to screen and select persons to perform architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services and related services under ORS 279C.110 or 279C.120. (2) A state contracting agency with procurement authority under ORS 279A.050 or a local contract review board by ordinance, resolution, administrative rule or other regulation may, consistent with the provisions of ORS 279C.100 to 279C.125, designate certain personal services contracts or classes of personal service contracts as contracts for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services or related services. [2003 c.794 §90; 2005 c.103 §11; 2011 c.458 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.107 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.107 - Public disclosure of contents of proposals for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services; treatment of trade secrets and confidential information.

(1) Notwithstanding the public records law, ORS 192.311 to 192.478, if a contracting agency solicits a contract for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services or related services by a competitive proposal: (a) The contracting agency may open proposals so as to avoid disclosing contents to competing proposers during, when applicable, the process of negotiation. (b) The contracting agency need not open proposals for public inspection until after the contracting agency executes a contract. (2) Notwithstanding any requirement to open proposals to public inspection after the contracting agency executes a contract, a contracting agency shall withhold from disclosure to the public trade secrets, as defined in ORS 192.345, and information submitted to a public body in confidence, as described in ORS 192.355, that are contained in a proposal. Opening a proposal at a public meeting, as defined in ORS 192.610, does not make the contents of the proposal subject to disclosure, regardless of whether the public body that opens the proposal fails to give notice of or provide for an executive session for the purpose of opening proposals. If a request for proposals is canceled after proposals are received, the contracting agency shall, subject to ORS 192.345 and 192.355, return a proposal and all copies of the proposal to the proposer that made the proposal. The contracting agency shall keep a list of returned proposals in the file for the solicitation. [2007 c.764 §41; 2011 c.458 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.115 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.115 - Direct contracts for services of consultants.

(1) As used in this section, "consultant" means an architect, engineer, photogrammetrist, transportation planner or land surveyor. (2) A contracting agency may enter into a contract for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services or related services directly with a consultant if the project described in the contract consists of work that has been substantially described, planned or otherwise previously studied or rendered in an earlier contract with the consultant that was awarded under rules adopted under ORS 279A.065 and the new contract is a continuation of the project. (3) A contracting agency may adopt criteria for determining when this section applies to a contract for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services or related services. [2003 c.794 §94; 2011 c.458 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.120 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.120 - Selection procedure for related services.

(1) A contracting agency may select consultants to perform related services: (a) In accordance with screening and selection procedures adopted under ORS 279C.105; (b) On the basis of the qualifications of the consultants for the types of related services required, under the requirements of ORS 279C.110; or (c) On the basis of price competition, price and performance evaluations, an evaluation of the capabilities of bidders to perform the needed related services or an evaluation of the capabilities of the bidders to perform the needed related services followed by negotiations between the parties on the price for those related services. (2) Subject to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, the procedures that a contracting agency adopts for the screening and selection of consultants and the selection of a candidate under this section is within the sole discretion of the contracting agency and may be adjusted to accommodate the contracting agency’s scope, schedule and budget objectives for a particular project. Adjustments to accommodate a contracting agency’s objectives may include provision for the direct appointment of a consultant if the value of the project does not exceed a threshold amount as determined by the contracting agency. [2003 c.794 §95]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.125 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.125 - Architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning and land surveying services selection process for local public improvements procured through state agency; rules.

(1) The Department of Transportation, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or any other state contracting agency shall adopt rules establishing a two-tiered selection process for contracts with architects, engineers, photogrammetrists, transportation planners and land surveyors to perform personal services contracts. The selection process shall apply only if: (a) A public improvement is owned and maintained by a local government; and (b) The Department of Transportation, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or another state contracting agency will serve as the lead state contracting agency and will execute personal services contracts with architects, engineers, photogrammetrists, transportation planners and land surveyors for work on the public improvement project. (2) The selection process required by subsection (1) of this section must require the lead state contracting agency to select no fewer than the three most qualified consultants when feasible in accordance with ORS 279C.110. (3) The local government is responsible for the final selection of the consultant from the list of qualified consultants selected by the lead state contracting agency or through an alternative process adopted by the local government. (4) Nothing in this section applies to the selection process used by a local contracting agency when the contracting agency executes a contract directly with architects, engineers, photogrammetrists, transportation planners or land surveyors. [2003 c.794 §96; 2011 c.458 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.300 - Policy on competition.

It is the policy of the State of Oregon that public improvement contracts awarded under this chapter must be based on competitive bidding, except as otherwise specifically provided in ORS 279C.335 for exceptions and formal exemptions from competitive bidding requirements. [2003 c.794 §97]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.310 - Limitation on contracting agency constructing public improvement.

If a contracting agency fails to adopt and apply a cost accounting system that substantially complies with the model cost accounting guidelines developed by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services pursuant to section 3, chapter 869, Oregon Laws 1979, as determined by an accountant qualified to perform audits required by ORS 297.210 and 297.405 to 297.555 (Municipal Audit Law), the contracting agency may not construct a public improvement with the contracting agency’s own equipment or personnel if the cost exceeds $5,000. [2003 c.794 §99]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.315 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.315 - Waiver of damages for unreasonable delay by contracting agency against public policy.

(1) Any clause in a public improvement contract that purports to waive, release or extinguish the rights of a contractor to damages or an equitable adjustment arising out of unreasonable delay in performing the contract, if the delay is caused by acts or omissions of the contracting agency or persons acting therefor, is against public policy and is void and unenforceable. (2) Subsection (1) of this section is not intended to render void any contract provision that: (a) Requires notice of any delay; (b) Provides for arbitration or other procedures for settlement of contract disputes; or (c) Provides for reasonable liquidated damages. [2003 c.794 §100]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.320 - Contracts for construction other than public improvements.

(1) Contracting agencies shall enter into contracts for emergency work, minor alteration, ordinary repair or maintenance of public improvements, as well as any other construction contract that is not defined as a public improvement under ORS 279A.010, in accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 279B. Contracts for emergency work are regulated under ORS 279B.080. (2) Nothing in this section relieves contracting agencies or contractors of any other relevant requirements under this chapter, including payment of prevailing wage rates when applicable. (3) When construction services are not considered to be a public improvement under this chapter because no funds of a public agency are directly or indirectly used, except for participation that is incidental or related primarily to project design or inspection, the benefiting public body may nonetheless condition acceptance of the services on receipt of such protections as the public body considers to be in the public interest, including a performance bond, a payment bond and appropriate insurance. [2003 c.794 §101; 2007 c.764 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.325 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.325 - Limitation on contracting agency awarding contract to nonresident education service district.

A contracting agency may not award a public improvement contract, a contract for a public works, as defined in ORS 279C.800, or a contract for personal services, as defined in ORS 279C.100, to a nonresident bidder, as defined in ORS 279A.120, that is an education service district. [2005 c.413 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.330 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.330 - "Findings" defined.

(1) As used in ORS 279C.345 and 279C.350, "findings" means the justification for a contracting agency conclusion that includes, but is not limited to, information regarding: (a) Operational, budget and financial data; (b) Public benefits; (c) Value engineering; (d) Specialized expertise required; (e) Public safety; (f) Market conditions; (g) Technical complexity; and (h) Funding sources. (2) As used in ORS 279C.335, "findings" means the justification for a conclusion that a contracting agency or state agency, in seeking an exemption from the competitive bidding requirement of ORS 279C.335 (1), reaches based on the considerations set forth in ORS 279C.335 (2). [2003 c.794 §102; 2013 c.522 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.340 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.340 - Contract negotiations.

If a public improvement contract is competitively bid and all responsive bids from responsible bidders exceed the contracting agency’s cost estimate, the contracting agency, in accordance with rules adopted by the contracting agency, may negotiate with the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, prior to awarding the contract, in order to solicit value engineering and other options to attempt to bring the contract within the contracting agency’s cost estimate. A negotiation with the lowest responsive, responsible bidder under this section may not result in the award of the contract to that bidder if the scope of the project is significantly changed from the original bid proposal. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the records of a bidder used in contract negotiation under this section are not subject to public inspection until after the negotiated contract has been awarded or the negotiation process has been terminated. [2003 c.794 §106]
OR Rev Stat § 279C.345 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 279C - Public Contracting - Public Improvements and Related Contracts|Section 279C.345 - Specifications for contracts; exemptions.

(1) Specifications for public improvement contracts may not expressly or implicitly require any product by any brand name or mark, nor the product of any particular manufacturer or seller unless the product is exempt under subsection (2) of this section. (2) The Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, a local contract review board or, for contracts described in ORS 279A.050 (3)(b), the Director of Transportation may exempt certain products or classes of products from subsection (1) of this section upon any of the following findings: (a) It is unlikely that the exemption will encourage favoritism in the awarding of public improvement contracts or substantially diminish competition for public improvement contracts; (b) The specification of a product by brand name or mark, or the product of a particular manufacturer or seller, would result in substantial cost savings to the contracting agency; (c) There is only one manufacturer or seller of the product of the quality required; or (d) Efficient utilization of existing equipment or supplies requires the acquisition of compatible equipment or supplies. [2003 c.794 §107; 2007 c.764 §19]