Florida Administrative Code › 14 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 14 - Departmental › Chapter 14-91 - ADMINISTRATION OF COMBINED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (DESIGN-BUILD) › Section 14-91.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For purposes of this rule chapter the following definitions
				  apply:
(1) "Adjusted Score
				Design-Build" means the contract award is based on the lowest adjusted score
				which is determined by dividing the price proposal, with any adjustments for
				proposed contract time when identified in the request for proposal, by the sum
				of the letter of interest score and the technical proposal score.
(2) "Bid Proposal" means the documents
				required by the public advertisement to include: a letter of interest, a
				technical proposal, and/or a price proposal.
(3) "Design-Build Firm" means any company,
				partnership, corporation, association, joint venture, design-build joint
				venture, or other legal entity permitted by law to practice engineering,
				architecture and construction contracting as appropriate in the State of
				Florida.
(4) "Design-Build Project"
				means combining the design and construction phases into a single
				contract.
(5) "Factored
				Design-Build" means the contract award is based on the highest score received
				by comparing each proposer's price proposal to the lowest price proposal
				received and each proposers score for Letter of Interest and Technical Proposal
				to the highest score for the Letter of Interest and Technical Proposal received
				by the Department. The sum of the scores for the Letter of Interest and the
				Technical Proposal from each proposer will be divided by the highest sum of the
				scores for Letter of Interest and Technical Proposal from any proposer
				multiplied by a factor ranging from 15% to 30% as described in the public
				advertisement, including any adjustments for proposed contract time when
				idenitifed in the request for proposal. The lowest price proposal received will
				be divided by each price proposal submitted by any proposer to determine a
				value which will be multipled by a factor ranging from 70% to 85% as described
				in the public advertisement, including any adjustments for proposed contract
				time when identified in the request for proposal. In no case will the factors
				applied to the sum of the Letter of Interest plus Technical Proposal and to the
				Price Proposal be greater than 100%.
(6) "Low Bid Design-Build" means the contract
				award is based on a responsive technical proposal with the lowest price
				proposal.
(7) "Non-complex project"
				means a Design-Build project in which plans have been substantially developed;
				are located in an unincorporated area or an incorporated area with a population
				of less than 200,000; do not involve complex Maintenance of Traffic schemes;
				and have limited options for innovation and specialized engineering. The
				procurement method for non-complex projects will be low bid or factored
				design-build.
Rulemaking Authority
					 334.044(2),
					 337.11(7)(b)
					 FS. Law Implemented 337.11
					 FS.
New 3-13-88, Amended 6-13-90, 2-20-96,
					 3-24-15.