(1) The department may adopt rules in accordance with sections 43-1-110 and 24-4-103, C.R.S., to:
(a) Establish requirements for the procurement of design-build contracts that it determines necessary or appropriate, including but not limited to rules implementing the design-build selection and contract procedures, subcontracting, and the warranty provisions of this part 14; and
(b) Further define and implement the processes and procedures for the performance of utility relocation work necessitated by a design-build transportation project, including, but not limited to, the allocation of responsibility for damages due to delay among the department, the design-build contractor, and utility companies that do not enter into project specific utility relocation agreements, and the creation of a forum and process to resolve changes in the conditions of the design-build transportation project that impact utility relocation work when the department and a utility company have not entered into a project specific utility relocation agreement.