New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS › Chapter 27 - HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION RULE › Section 18.27.5.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. This rule adopts
				the abbreviations, symbols and definitions in the division 100-general
				provisions of the current edition of the
New Mexico Department of
				Transportation Standard Specifications for Highway and Bridge
				Construction
and incorporates the same by reference.
B. CID is the abbreviation of construction
				industries division.
C. Compass
				form means the New Mexico department of transportation form generated at
				prequalification project closure that documents certain contractor performance
				measurement data.
D. Department
				means the New Mexico department of transportation.
E. Innovative contracting is an alternate
				form of competitive bidding consistent with federal and state procurement laws
				that can result in work being awarded to a responsible bidder that did not
				submit the lowest monetary bid.
F.
				Modified bid amount means the contractor's bid multiplied by the contractor's
				prequalification factor rolling average or Pqfra. The modified bid amount will
				be used solely for determining the apparent lowest responsible bidder. The
				modified bid amount will not be used for payment.
G. Packet or prequalification packet means
				the current New Mexico department of transportation contractor prequalification
				application form issued by the office of inspector general and completed by a
				contractor or subcontractor.
H.
				Performance factor or Pf means the numerical quantification of a contractor's
				past performance on closed projects for certain objectively measureable
				criteria.
I. Pf claim or Pfc means
				the performance measurement of a contractor's unsuccessful demand for
				reconsideration of a claim, pursued beyond the cabinet secretary administrative
				remedy level final determination through recourse to litigation or arbitration
				subsequent to an unsuccessful public works mediation.
J. Pf disincentive or Pfd means the
				performance measurement of a contractor's quality of work for certain contract
				items related to pavement and structures work where the materials are subject
				to laboratory testing by both the contractor and department or quality-based
				price reductions. Applicable project contract items for Pf disincentive are
				governed by division 400, 500, and 900 quality criteria, as established in the
				current edition of the
New Mexico Department of Transportation Standard
				Specifications for Highway and Bridge Construction
and as may be
				amended by special provision.
K. Pf
				liquidated damages or Pfld means the performance measurement of a contractor's
				timely completion of the contract.
L. Pf non-conformance or Pfn means the
				performance measurement of a contractor's compliance with the terms and
				conditions of the contract.
M. Pf
				safety or Pfs means the performance measurement of a contractor's safety
				reflected by the contractor's experience modifier rate or emr provided by the
				contractor's bonding company.
N.
				Prequalification factor rolling average or Pqfra means the final measure of
				responsibility that may be applied to a contractor's bid resulting in a
				modified bid amount.
O.
				Prequalification factor year or Pqfyr means the yearly calculation of a
				contractor's performance factors.
P. Prequalification factor or Pqf means the
				overall mathematical analysis of the performance factors that measure
				contractor responsibility.
Q.
				Prequalification project means a major construction project that is let through
				the plans specifications and estimates bureau of the department, as a
				competitive sealed bid procurement resulting in a contract executed by the
				department. The definition of prequalification project expressly excludes
				maintenance and other construction services work procured by any other means,
				including but not limited to, multiple source award, price agreement, sole
				source, qualification-based, design-build, job order contracting or small
				purchase procurement methods.
R.
				Prequalification project closure for purposes of the application of the
				prequalification calculation means the date of physical completion of the
				project as established in the current edition of the
New Mexico
				Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Highway and Bridge
				Construction
, section 109.10.8, which is documented on the compass
				form.
S. Responsibility means an
				objective determination made by the department, based on past performance, of
				the contractor's capability in all respects to perform fully and make
				satisfactory delivery of the requirements of the contract including the
				integrity and reliability that will assure good faith performance.
T. Rolling average means a calculation to
				analyze data points by creating a series of averages of different subsets of
				the full data set.