Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection - General › Chapter NR 120 - Priority Watershed And Priority Lake Program › Section NR 120.19 - Cost containment procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Governmental
				units as providers of cost-share agreements shall identify and agree to use one
				or more of the following cost containment procedures for each best management
				practice identified in the runoff management grant agreement:
(a)
Average cost.
Based on
				past cost information, a governmental unit determines an average cost per unit
				of materials and labor for the installation of a best management practice which
				may not be exceeded. A governmental unit may use its own experience, or
				information obtained from the department or other sources, to estimate typical
				costs.
(b)
Range of
				costs.
Based on past cost information, a governmental unit establishes
				a cost range for the installation of a best management practice. Eligible costs
				may not exceed the maximum cost of the range. A governmental unit may use its
				own experience, or information obtained from the department or other sources,
				to estimate typical costs.
(c)
Competitive bidding.
A governmental unit requires the
				landowner or land operator to request bids from contractors for the
				installation of a best management practice. The cost-share payment shall be
				calculated based on the lowest bid meeting acceptable qualifications. The
				governmental unit shall identify criteria for determining acceptable
				qualifications. The landowner may select a qualified contractor other than the
				low qualified bidder, but shall contribute 100% of the difference between the
				bids.
Note: The department suggests the following bidding
				  procedures:
* The governmental unit shows the proposed construction site
				  to all prospective bidders on the same day and at the same time.
* There are at least 3 qualified bidders.
* All bids are sealed and delivered by a bid deadline to a
				  location specified by the governmental unit.
* Bids are opened within 2 weeks after the bid
				  deadline.
* The amount of the cost-share grant is based on the lowest
				  qualified bid.
* The landowner selects a higher bidding contractor only if
				  the landowner agrees to pay the difference.
* The landowner may not select a contractor who did not
				  bid.
(d)
Maximum
				cost-share limit.
A governmental unit or the department establishes a
				maximum cost-share rate limit not to exceed the rates specified in ch. NR 154
				for installation of a best management practice.
(e)
Municipal work group.
A
				governmental unit hires or assigns its employees to install a best management
				practice for landowners and land operators if the employees are able to perform
				the work at a cost lower than the private sector.
(f)
Wisconsin conservation
				corps.
A governmental unit uses the Wisconsin conservation corps to
				install best management practices for landowners and land operators.
(g)
Other cost containment
				procedures.
If a governmental unit determines another cost containment
				procedure would be at least as or more effective than the cost containment
				procedures described in this subsection, it shall include the alternative in
				the project application and the department shall include the alternative in the
				runoff management grant agreement.