Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 595 - STATE REVOLVING FUND › Section 096-595-D - Engineering Design

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Value
				Engineering
Applicability. If the estimated cost of building the Project
				  is more than $10 million, the applicant may conduct value engineering, during
				  the design of the Project, and prepare a value engineering report. One copy of
				  any value engineering report must be submitted to the Department for review and
				  approval.
2.
Plans
				and Specifications
(a) Submittals. The
				Eligible Applicant shall submit copies of any proposed or existing contracts
				for consultant services necessary for planning, design and construction of the
				proposed Project and included as part of the total cost of the Project for the
				Department's approval. The Eligible Applicant shall prepare a 10% preliminary
				design report and Plans and Specifications on all significant elements of the
				Project, if applicable. The Plans and Specifications may incorporate the
				accepted recommendations of any value engineering performed in accordance with
				subsection D(1) of this rule (relating to value engineering). One copy of the
				documents must be submitted to the Department.
(b) Contents. The Plans and Specifications
				must contain the following:
(i) Provisions
				assuring compliance with the Department's rules and all relevant federal and
				State of Maine statutes;
(ii) Forms
				detailing the performance and payment bonds that will be provided;
(iii) Provisions requiring the successful
				contractor and subcontractors to pay all laborers and mechanics employed on the
				Project not less than the prevailing State minimum wage rates;
(iv) Provisions requiring the successful
				contractor and subcontractors for Projects considered a "treatment work" as
				defined in the FWPCA § 212,
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				U.S.C. §
												1292(2)(A), to
				pay all laborers and mechanics employed on the Project not less than the
				prevailing wage rates as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor, in
				accordance with the
Davis-Bacon Act
, as amended (
				40
				U.S.C. §§
												3141--
				3148
				);
(v) Provisions requiring that
				the successful contractor and subcontractor comply with FWPCA § 608,
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				U.S.C. §
												1388, requiring that the iron
				and steel products used in a Project for the construction, alteration,
				maintenance, or repair of "treatment works" as defined in the FWPCA § 212,
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				U.S.C. §
												1292(2)(A), be
				produced in the United States;
(vi)
				Provisions relating to retainage in accordance with subsection F(8) of this
				rule (relating to retainage);
(vii)
				Provisions requiring the contractor to obtain and maintain insurance coverage
				of the Project;
(viii) Provisions
				giving authorized representatives of the Department access to the construction
				site and to all books, records, and documents of the contractor for the purpose
				of inspection, audit and copying during normal business hours; and
(ix) Those general conditions, supplementary
				conditions, specifications, and other provisions provided by or required by the
				Department.