28-7367. Multiple contracts for the same job-order-contracting construction services to be awarded to separate persons or firms in a single procurement; contract requirements

A. The department may procure in a single procurement multiple contracts for the same job-order-contracting construction services to be awarded to separate persons or firms pursuant to this section.

B. The department shall provide notice of each procurement of multiple contracts for the same job-order-contracting construction services to be awarded to separate persons or firms prescribed in this section and shall award contracts on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the type of job-order-contracting construction services pursuant to the procedures prescribed in this section.

C. In the procurement of multiple contracts for the same job-order-contracting construction services to be awarded to separate persons or firms pursuant to this section:

1. The department shall issue a request for qualifications for each procurement and publish notice of the request for qualifications in the same manner as provided in section 28-6923. The request for qualifications shall:

(a) State that multiple contracts for the same job-order-contracting construction services may or will be awarded, the number of contracts that may or will be awarded, the services to be performed under each of the multiple contracts and that each of the multiple contracts will be awarded to a separate person or firm.

(b) Include the number of persons or firms to be included on the final list. The number on the final list shall be the number of contracts that may or will be awarded plus a number that is determined by the department and that is not more than five.

(c) State the criteria to be used by the selection team to select the persons or firms to perform the job-order-contracting construction services. The request for qualifications shall also state in a manner determined by the department the relative weight of the selection criteria.

(d) If the department will hold interviews as part of the selection process, state that interviews shall be held with a number of persons or firms equal to the number of contracts that may or will be awarded plus a number that is determined by the department and that is not more than five.

2. For each request for qualifications, the department shall initiate a selection team pursuant to section 28-7365, subsection B. A person who is a member of a selection team shall not be a contractor under the contract or provide construction, construction services, materials or services under the contract. The selection team shall:

(a) Evaluate the statements of qualifications and performance data that are submitted in response to the department's request for qualifications.

(b) If determined by the department and included by the department in the request for qualifications, conduct interviews with the number of persons or firms to be interviewed as stated in the request for qualifications regarding the contract and the relative methods of approach for furnishing the required construction services.

(c) After any interviews or if interviews are not held, in order of preference, based on the criteria and the weighting of criteria established and published by the department and included in the request for qualifications, select the final list of persons or firms the selection team deems to be the most qualified to provide the construction services and, in the case of a contract that will be negotiated under subsection E of this section, rank the persons or firms on the final list in order of preference. The selection team shall base the selection of the final list and the order of preference only on demonstrated competence and qualifications. The number of persons or firms on the final list shall be the number of persons or firms specified in the request for qualifications, except that:

(i) If a smaller number of responsive and responsible persons or firms respond to the solicitation, the department may have the selection team proceed with the selection process, including interviews and the final list, with the remaining persons or firms if at least two persons or firms remain or the department may readvertise pursuant to this subsection as the department deems necessary or appropriate.

(ii) If only one responsive and responsible person or firm responds to a solicitation for a contract to be negotiated pursuant to subsection E of this section, the department may proceed with only one person or firm in the selection process and may award the contract to a single person or firm if the department determines in writing that the fee negotiated pursuant to subsection E of this section is fair and reasonable and that either other prospective persons or firms had reasonable opportunity to respond or there is not adequate time for a resolicitation.

(iii) If a person or firm on the final list withdraws or is removed from the selection process and the selection team determines that it is in the best interest of the department, the selection team may replace that person or firm with the person or firm that submitted qualifications and that is selected by the selection team as the next most qualified.

(d) Base the selection of the final list and order of preference on the final list only on demonstrated competence and qualifications.

3. The department and the selection team shall not request or consider fees, price, man-hours or any other cost information at any point in the selection process under this subsection or subsection D of this section, including the selection of the persons or firms to be interviewed, the selection of the persons or firms to be on the final list, in determining the order of preference of persons or firms on the final list or for any other purpose in the selection process.

D. The department shall award the multiple contracts for job-order-contracting construction services to the separate persons or firms on the final list prepared pursuant to subsection C of this section as provided in subsection E or F of this section, except that, if fewer than the number of persons or firms on the final list respond to the request for proposals pursuant to subsection F of this section but at least two persons or firms on the final list submit responsive proposals, or if one or more of the persons or firms on the final list drop out of the selection process pursuant to subsection E or F of this section:

1. If there are three or more remaining persons or firms, the department shall proceed with the selection process.

2. If there are only two remaining persons or firms, as the department deems necessary and appropriate, the department may proceed with the selection process with the two persons or firms or may terminate the selection process and may readvertise pursuant to subsection C of this section.

3. If there is only one remaining person or firm, the department may award one of the multiple contracts to the single person or firm pursuant to subsection E of this section if the department determines in writing that the fee negotiated pursuant to subsection E of this section is fair and reasonable and that either other prospective persons or firms had a reasonable opportunity to respond or there is not adequate time for a resolicitation.

E. For multiple contracts for the same job-order-contracting construction services included in the request for qualifications, the department shall enter into negotiations with the number of the highest qualified persons or firms on the final list equal to the number of contracts that may or will be awarded. The negotiations shall include consideration of compensation and other contract terms that the department determines to be fair and reasonable to the department. In making this decision, the department shall take into account the estimated value, the scope, the complexity and the nature of the construction services to be rendered. If the department is not able to negotiate a satisfactory contract with a person or firm with whom the department has commenced negotiations at compensation and on other contract terms the department determines to be fair and reasonable, the department shall formally terminate negotiations with that person or firm. The department may undertake negotiations with the next most qualified person or firm on the final list with whom the department is not then negotiating and with whom the department has not previously negotiated in sequence until an agreement is reached or a determination is made to reject all persons or firms on the final list. As to each contract for job-order-contracting construction services entered into pursuant to this subsection, construction shall not commence until the department and the contractor agree in writing on either a fixed price that the department will pay for the construction to be commenced or a guaranteed maximum price for the construction to be commenced.

F. As an alternative to subsection E of this section, the department may award multiple contracts for the same job-order-contracting construction services as follows:

1. The department shall use the selection team that is appointed for the request for qualifications pursuant to subsection C of this section.

2. The department shall issue a request for proposals to the persons or firms on the final list that is developed pursuant to subsection C of this section.

3. The request for proposals shall include:

(a) The department's project schedule and project final design and construction budget or life cycle budget for a procurement that includes maintenance services or operations services.

(b) A statement that the contract will be awarded to the offerors whose proposals receive the highest number of points under a scoring method.

(c) A description of the scoring method, including a list of the factors in the scoring method and the number of points allocated to each factor.

(d) A requirement that each offeror separately submit a technical proposal and a price proposal and that the offeror's entire proposal be responsive to the requirements in the request for proposals.

(e) A statement that in applying the scoring method the selection team will separately evaluate the technical proposal and the price proposal and will evaluate and score the technical proposal before opening the price proposal.

(f) If the department conducts discussions pursuant to paragraph 5 of this subsection, a statement that discussions will be held and a requirement that each offeror submit a preliminary technical proposal before the discussions are held.

4. If the department determines to conduct discussions pursuant to paragraph 5 of this subsection, each offeror shall submit a preliminary technical proposal to the department before those discussions are held.

5. If determined by the department and included by the department in the request for proposals, the selection team shall conduct discussions with all offerors that submit preliminary technical proposals. Discussions shall be for the purpose of clarification to ensure full understanding of, and responsiveness to, the solicitation requirements. The department shall accord fair treatment to offerors with respect to any opportunity for discussion and for clarification by the owner. Revision of preliminary technical proposals shall be permitted after submission of preliminary technical proposals and before the award for the purpose of obtaining the best and final proposals. In conducting any discussions, information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors shall not be disclosed to other competing offerors.

6. After completion of any discussions pursuant to paragraph 5 of this subsection or if no discussions are held, each offeror shall separately submit the offeror's final technical proposal and the offeror's price proposal.

7. Before opening any price proposal, the selection team shall open the final technical proposals, evaluate the final technical proposals and score the final technical proposals using the scoring method in the request for proposals. No other factors or criteria may be used in the evaluation and scoring.

8. After completion of the evaluation and scoring of all final technical proposals, the selection team shall open the price proposals, evaluate the price proposals, score the price proposals and complete the scoring of the entire proposals using the scoring method in the request for proposals. No other factors or criteria may be used in the evaluation and scoring.

9. The department shall award the multiple contracts for job-order-contracting construction services to the responsive and responsible offerors whose proposals receive the highest scores under the method of scoring in the request for proposals. No other factors or criteria may be used in the evaluation.

10. The contract file shall contain the basis on which the award is made.

G. Until an award and execution of all of the multiple contracts by the department, only the name of each person or firm on the final list developed pursuant to subsection C of this section may be made available to the public. All other information received by the department in response to the request for qualifications or contained in the proposals is confidential in order to avoid disclosure of the contents that may be prejudicial to competing offerors during the selection process. The department shall open the proposals to public inspection after the contract is awarded and the department has executed all of the multiple contracts. To the extent that the offeror designates and the department concurs, trade secrets and other proprietary data contained in a proposal remain confidential.

H. The department may cancel a request for qualifications or a request for proposals or reject in whole or in part any or all proposals as specified in the solicitation if it is in the best interest of the department. The department shall make the reasons for cancellation or rejection part of the contract file.

I. Notwithstanding any other law:

1. The contractor for job-order-contracting construction services is not required to be registered to perform design services pursuant to title 32, chapter 1 if the person or firm actually performing the design services on behalf of the contractor is appropriately registered.

2. The contractor for job-order-contracting construction services shall be licensed to perform construction pursuant to title 32, chapter 10.

3. The department shall not procure any construction services using the job-order-contracting construction services method of project delivery under this section after December 31, 2025. For the purposes of this paragraph, the department procures construction services if the department solicits the contract for construction services. If the department solicits a contract for construction services on or before December 31, 2025, the contract may be executed and construction services under the contract may be rendered in whole or in part after December 31, 2025.

J. For job-order-contracting construction services only:

1. The maximum dollar amount of an individual job order shall be one million dollars or the higher or lower amount prescribed by the department. Requirements shall not be artificially divided or fragmented in order to constitute a job order that satisfies this requirement.

2. If the contractor subcontracts or intends to subcontract any of the work under a job order and if the job-order-contracting construction services contract includes descriptions of standard individual tasks, standard unit prices for standard individual tasks and pricing of job orders based on the number of units of standard individual tasks in the job order:

(a) The contractor has a duty to deliver promptly to each subcontractor invited to bid a coefficient to the contractor to do all or part of the work under one or more job orders:

(i) A copy of the descriptions of all standard individual tasks on which the subcontractor is invited to bid.

(ii) A copy of the standard unit prices for the individual tasks on which the subcontractor is invited to bid.

(b) If not previously delivered to the subcontractor, the contractor has a duty to deliver promptly the following to each subcontractor invited to or that has agreed to do any of the work included in any job order:

(i) A copy of the description of each standard individual task that is included in the job order and that the subcontractor is invited to perform.

(ii) The number of units of each standard individual task that is included in the job order and that the subcontractor is invited to perform.

(iii) The standard unit price for each standard individual task that is included in the job order and that the subcontractor is invited to perform.

K. Each contract for job-order-contracting construction services shall contain a description of each separate location at which the construction will be performed and a requirement that the contractor include in each of the contractor subcontracts the same location description. The contractor shall include in each subcontract a description of each separate location at which the construction will be performed.

L. Except as otherwise provided in this section, sections 28-6923 and 28-6924, relating to bid, performance and payment bonds, change orders, progress payments, contract retention, definitions and authority to award contracts, apply to department job-order-contracting contracts for transportation facilities pursuant to this section.