60-2-137. Design-build contracting process — submission of proposals — department’s duties. (1) Once the commission, acting on a recommendation of the department, has identified a project for which the design-build contracting process will be used and the commission has approved selection criteria proposed by the department, the department shall prepare and advertise a request for qualifications.

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(2)From the responders to the request for qualifications, the department shall prepare a short list of the responders that it believes are most qualified, not to exceed five responders on any single project.

(3)(a) The department shall announce the short list and issue a request for proposals to each of the prospective design-build contractors on the short list, who may then submit a technical and price proposal to the department.

(b)A technical and price proposal submitted in response to a request for proposals must contain detailed descriptions of the prospective design-build contractor’s approach to designing, constructing, and managing the project in accordance with the design-build criteria package. The technical and price proposal must also include the prospective design-build contractor’s conceptual design and construction sequence and schedule and the lump-sum price to complete the project.

(4)The department shall evaluate the technical and price proposals and make a written recommendation to the commission regarding the department’s selection of the design-build contractor to be awarded the contract.

(5)The prospective design-build contractors who appeared on the department’s short list but are not awarded the contract may be paid a stipend, in an amount determined by the commission, for costs incurred in submitting the response to the department’s request for proposals.