Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 12 - Finance and Administration › Part 3 - Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management › Chapter 2 - Rules for the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management › Rule 12-3-2.1 - Policies and Procedures › Section 12-3-2.1-600 - PLANNING PROCEDURES › CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE › Section 12-3-2.1-600.25 - PROJECT MANUAL

Current through June 25, 2024
(modified August 2015; see Div 1 Substitutions/Product
						  Options; Inst to Bidders Substitutions)
PROJECT MANUAL
(modified August 2015; see
						  Div 1 Substitutions/Product Options; Inst to Bidders Substitutions)
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