Alaska Administrative Code › Title 2 - Administration › Chapter 12 - Procurement › Article 16 - Design-Build Construction Contracts › 2 AAC 12.939 - Solicitation of proposals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The agency
				shall prepare a request for proposals for each design-build construction
				contract. The request for proposals must contain, at a minimum, the following
				elements:
(1) the name and purpose of the
				project;
(2) the identity of the
				agency that will award the design-build construction contract;
(3) a description of the method selected
				under 2 AAC 12.943(a) as
				the basis for awarding the design-build construction contract;
(4) the procedures to be followed for
				submitting proposals, the criteria for evaluation of proposals and their
				relative weight, the procedures for making awards, and a statement that the
				requirements of
				2 AAC 12.931 -
				2 AAC 12.949 are incorporated;
(5) the date on or before which the agency
				must receive proposals; that date may not be less than 21 days after issuance
				of the request for proposals;
(6)
				provisions for the payment of a stipend, if any;
(7) provisions specifying ownership of design
				plans or concepts or of technical plans or concepts;
(8) the proposed contract form, terms, and
				conditions;
(9) performance
				criteria developed under
				2 AAC 12.937, including, as appropriate, capacity,
				durability, and production standards, ingress and egress requirements, and
				other criteria for the intended use of the project, expressed in
				performance-oriented drawings and specifications suitable to allow the
				design-builder to make a proposal;
(10) a description of the drawings,
				specifications, or other required submittals, with guidance as to the form and
				level of completeness that will be acceptable; that description must include a
				description of the submittal review process;
(11) a schedule for planned commencement and
				completion of the design-build construction contract, unless contract time is
				to be proposed by the design-builder and is one of the weighted proposal
				evaluation criteria;
(12) budget
				limits, if any, for the design-build construction contract;
(13) affirmative action, disadvantaged
				business, or set-aside goals, if any, for the design-build construction
				contract;
(14) the qualifications
				the design-builder will be required to have;
(15) detailed material quality
				standards;
(16) the method for
				handling pre-proposal inquiries;
(17) long-term maintenance provisions, if
				any;
(18) a reference to the
				provisions of
				2 AAC 12.935(e) and (f);
(19) a requirement that an offeror provide,
				in the offeror's proposal, information regarding actual or potential conflicts
				of interest;
(20) requirements
				related to changes in design-build team members or changes in personnel within
				design-build teams;
(21) each
				evaluation factor, including cost or price, and including each significant
				subfactor, if any, that will affect the award of the design-build construction
				contract;
(22) the relative
				importance of each evaluation factor and each subfactor, if any, in determining
				the award of the design-build construction contract;
(23) a requirement that the design-builder
				review the request for proposals to ascertain the project requirements, and a
				requirement that the design-builder notify the agency in the event of any
				ambiguity or uncertainty;
(24)
				terms or conditions detailing incentives, disincentives, or liquidated damages,
				if any;
(25) warranty provisions;
				the request for proposals must include notice that in addition to warranting
				materials, workmanship, and construction, and providing any additional
				warranties that the agency requires, a design-builder must warrant the design
				of the project;
(26) notice that
				the design-builder must provide, in a form and amount acceptable to the agency,
				insurance coverage for a defined period after final payment for the cost of
(A) correcting defects or deficiencies
				arising from or associated with design or construction negligence;
(B) errors or omissions; and
(C) legal defense and payment of
				indemnity;
(27)
				identification of the disciplines to be evaluated.