Section 61-506 - Guidelines for contractsThe department shall adopt guidelines for entering into a design-build contract, a progressive design-build contract, or a construction manager-general contractor contract. The department's guidelines shall include the following:
(1) Preparation and content of requests for qualifications;(2) Preparation and content of requests for proposals;(3) Qualification and short-listing of design-builders, progressive design-builders, and construction managers. The guidelines shall provide that the department will evaluate prospective design-builders, progressive design-builders, and construction managers based on the information submitted to the department in response to a request for qualifications and will select a short list of design-builders, progressive 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 department and the design-builders, progressive 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 or a progressive design-build contract to determine adherence to the project performance criteria.Added by Laws 2023, LB 565,§ 6, eff. 5/27/2023, op. 9/2/2023.