Section 1680-05-04-.09 - REVIEW OF TECHNICAL AND PRICE PROPOSALS(1) Short-listed or otherwise eligible design-builders will each submit a technical proposal and a price proposal, concurrently, for the project. The technical proposal and price proposal shall be submitted to the Department in separate sealed envelopes marked in strict accordance with the requirements and timeline contained in the RFP, or as it may be amended. Price proposals will be kept in a secure location until read publicly.(2) On the date provided in the RFP, the DBRC will open, review, and score or otherwise evaluate the technical proposals and any other required technical information in accordance with the evaluation criteria established in the RFP. As part of the evaluation of technical proposals, the DBRC may require each design-builder to make an oral presentation and submit to an interview.(3) After evaluating the technical proposals, and on the date and at the time specified in the RFP, or as it may be amended, the Department will publicly open and read the total proposed contract amount in the price proposal submitted by each eligible and responsive design-builder.(4) The DBRC may request that an eligible design-builder provide the support information used to develop its price proposal. This information may include, but is not limited to, design assumptions, summary of quantities, mobilization assumptions, and construction staging assumptions.(5) In the event all price proposals submitted exceed an acceptable range of the Department's cost estimate for the project, the Department, at its discretion, may determine whether to proceed to request a best and final offer.(6) If a best and final offer is requested, the Department will issue a best and final offer RFP to the eligible design-builders. The best and final offer RFP may or may not include minor changes in the scope or contract requirements of the original RFP.(7) Based upon the proposal from each design-builder and the appropriate selection method as specified in the RFP, or the best and final offer RFP, if applicable, the DBRC will determine the best evaluated design-builder.(8) The Department shall have the authority to discontinue the design-build selection process at any time prior to the opening of price proposals, subject to any applicable obligation to pay a stipend to eligible and responsive design-builders.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1680-05-04-.09
Original rule filed April 16, 2008; effective June 30, 2008.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 54-1-119 and 4-3-2303.