Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 12 - Finance and Administration › Part 3 - Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management › Chapter 20 - Mississippi Air Service Growth Program (MASGP) › Sec2 12-3-20-600 - PLANNING PROCEDURES › CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE › Section 12-3-20-600.25 - PROJECT MANUAL

Current through June 25, 2024
The Project Manual will be prepared based on the
						Construction Specification Institute format.
Division 00 and 01 of the CSI entitled
Procurement and Contracting Requirements
and
General
						Requirements
respectively, are furnished by the Bureau for Bureau
						administered projects and are to be reproduced
as is
into the
						Project Manual. Any additions made by the Professional will be included in the
						section entitled
Division One Supplement
. Any modifications
						other than these made by the Professional, shall be subject to approval of the
						Bureau, and will be included in the
Division One Supplement
or
						by Addendum only. For projects not administered by the Bureau, use of Bureau
						Division 00 and 01 template documents is strongly encouraged, but not required.
						All other sections of the specifications shall be as provided by the
						Professional and shall be written so as not to exclude comparable equipment of
						domestic manufacture. Products shall generally be specified in one of five
						methods:
1. Specification by reference
					 standards or technical performance requirements only. Contractor shall have the
					 option to select any product meeting product standards by any Manufacturer.
					 Professional shall identify critical performance and/or technical details
					 necessary to meet project requirements, but shall not do so in a
					 hyper-technical manner so as to place unnecessary or inconsequential
					 restrictions on providers of otherwise comparable equipment. Further, when
					 utilizing specifications of this nature, Professionals are expected to be
					 certain that such specifications can reasonably be met by more than one
					 product.
2. Specification by naming
					 a minimum of two (2) or three (3) products or Manufacturers or equal.
					 Contractor shall have the option to select any product and Manufacturer named.
					 Additionally, Contractor may always submit any product and Manufacturer meeting
					 all product standards as an equal.
3. Specification by "basis of design".
					 Contractor may select any equivalent product meeting specified reference
					 standards or technical performance requirements as represented by the named
					 products and/or Manufacturers. Professional shall identify critical performance
					 and/or technical details necessary to meet project requirements, but shall not
					 do so in a hyper-technical manner so as to place unnecessary or inconsequential
					 restrictions on providers of otherwise comparable equipment. Further, when
					 utilizing specifications of this nature, Professionals are expected to be
					 certain that such specifications can reasonably be met by more than one
					 product.
4. Specification as "brand
					 specific". Contractor may only utilize specified product. Prior approval by the
					 Director of the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management is
					 required. Professional may only utilize this method when justified due to the
					 nature of specific project requirements. Professional shall furnish written
					 justification for review and approval including the following:
a. Description of the product for which
					 approval is being sought
b.
					 Explanation of why the product is the only one that can meet project
					 requirements
c. Estimate of cost for
					 such product
d. Estimate of cost for
					 overall procurement
e. Availability
					 of the product to bidders and/or subcontractors