Nebraska Statutes 37-1720. Guidelines for entering into contracts
The commission shall adopt guidelines for entering into a design-build contract or construction manager-general contractor contract. The guidelines shall include the following:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 37-1720
- Commission: means the Game and Parks Commission. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1705
- Construction manager-general contractor contract: means a contract which is subject to a qualification-based selection process between the commission and a construction manager to furnish preconstruction services during the design development phase of the project and, if an agreement can be reached which is satisfactory to the commission, construction services for the construction phase of the project. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1707
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Design-build contract: means a contract between the commission and a design-builder which is subject to a best value-based selection process to furnish (1) architectural, engineering, and related design services and (2) labor, materials, supplies, equipment, and construction services. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1709
- Project performance criteria: means the performance requirements of the project suitable to allow the design-builder to make a proposal. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1712
- Proposal: means an offer in response to a request for proposals (1) by a design-builder to enter into a design-build contract or (2) by a construction manager to enter into a construction manager-general contractor contract. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1713
- Request for proposals: means the documentation by which the commission solicits proposals. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1715
- Request for qualifications: means the documentation or publication by which the commission solicits qualifications. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1716
(1) Preparation and content of requests for qualifications;
(2) Preparation and content of requests for proposals;
(3) Qualification and short-listing of design-builders and construction managers. The guidelines shall provide that the commission will evaluate prospective design-builders and construction managers based on the information submitted to the commission in response to a request for qualifications and will select a short list of design-builders or construction managers who shall be considered qualified and eligible to respond to the request for proposals;
(4) Preparation and submittal of proposals;
(5) Procedures and standards for evaluating proposals;
(6) Procedures for negotiations between the commission and the design-builders or construction managers submitting proposals prior to the acceptance of a proposal if any such negotiations are contemplated; and
(7) Procedures for the evaluation of construction under a design-build contract to determine adherence to the project performance criteria.