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45A.837 Price
contracts
for
architectural,
engineering,
engineering-related services -- Review procedure required.
(1)
(2)
(3)
and
Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 45A.800 to 45A.835, the Finance and
Administration Cabinet and the Transportation Cabinet may enter into price
contracts for architectural, engineering, and engineering-related services. If the
agencies choose to enter into a price contract, subsection (2) of this section
shall apply.
Price contracts shall be awarded to firms qualified by the Finance and
Administration Cabinet, Department of Facilities Management or by the
Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways. The Finance and
Administration Cabinet selection committee established by KRS 45A.810 shall
meet at least quarterly during each fiscal year to review and make
recommendations to the commissioner of the Department for Facilities
Management for qualification of interested firms. The Transportation Cabinet
selection committee established by KRS 45A.810 shall meet at least quarterly
during each fiscal year to review and make recommendations to the
commissioner of the Department of Highways for qualification of interested
firms.
(a) The respective committees shall evaluate those firms submitting
statements of interest in obtaining a price contract. The submitting firms
shall be reviewed according to the following criteria:
1.
Qualifications;
2.
Ability of professional personnel; and
3.
Past record and experience.
(b) Firms qualified by the commissioner of the Department for Facilities
Management or by the commissioner of the Department of Highways
shall be awarded price contracts by the respective departments for the
type of work for which they have been qualified.
(c) The commissioner of the Department for Facilities Management or the
commissioner of the Department of Highways may select firms to perform
work under price contract for small projects for which the architectural,
engineering, or engineering-related fees do not exceed fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000). However, no firm that has received more than one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in price contract fees in any one (1)
fiscal year in the contract discipline being awarded shall be selected to
work under a price contract unless the secretary of finance and
administration or the secretary of transportation makes a written
determination that the selection is in the best interest of the
Commonwealth and the determination is confirmed by the appropriate
cabinet's selection committee established by KRS 45A.810.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, no price
contract shall be awarded under the provisions of this section before
completion of the review procedure provided for in KRS 45A.695 and 45A.705.
Effective:April 3, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 319, sec. 1, effective April 3, 1998.
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