N.J. Admin. Code § 19:36-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 19:36-2.2 - Composition and responsibilities of technical evaluation committee

(a) When the design and construction of a school facilities project will be undertaken pursuant to this chapter, the Authority will designate a technical evaluation committee to review and evaluate responses by bidders to an RFQ and RFP, and will designate a selection coordinator to administer the selection process. The members of the technical evaluation committee shall consist of a majority of Authority representatives and a representative of the SDA school district in which the school facilities project is located, if such district elects to participate. Each member of the technical evaluation committee shall have the relevant experience as set forth in 52:34-10.3(c), necessary to evaluate the submissions.

(b) Each member of the technical evaluation committee shall be responsible for:

1. Independently evaluating and scoring the statements of qualifications submitted by bidders in response to an RFQ; and

2. Evaluating and scoring, in consultation with the other members of the technical evaluation committee, the technical proposals submitted by bidders in accordance with the weighted criteria process set forth in an RFP.

(c) Once the responses are received and the identity of the bidders is ascertained, the members of the technical evaluation committee will be given a list of all firms that submitted a bid. Each member of the technical evaluation committee, prior to the evaluation of any submission, shall execute a certification that he or she has no personal interest, financial or familial, in any of the bidders to be evaluated, any of the named subcontractors or subconsultants to the bidders, or any of the principals, subsidiaries, or parent companies of such bidders. Furthermore, should any of the technical evaluation committee members indicate that a conflict or personal interest exists once the identity of the bidders is revealed, that member shall not serve on the technical evaluation committee. In the event that an evaluation committee member is discovered to have a conflict, such evaluation committee member will be removed from the selection committee by the Authority. At the discretion of the Authority, the conflicted committee member may be replaced, if replacement with a new member is feasible at the time of removal of the conflicted committee member, and such replacement will not have an adverse impact on either the evaluation process or the procurement schedule or process generally.

(d) The names of the members of the technical evaluation committee shall be made public once the contract is awarded, pursuant to 52:34-10.3(c).

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:36-2.2

Amended by R.2013 d.053, effective 4/1/2013.
See: 44 N.J.R. 1318(a), 45 N.J.R. 752(a).
Rewrote (a); in (b)1 and (b)2, substituted "bidders" for "offerors"; in (b)2, substituted "an" for "the" preceding "RFP"; and added (c) and (d).