218.58 - CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS -- EMERGENCIES.
218.58 CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
-- EMERGENCIES.
The department shall work with the department of administrative
services to accomplish the following responsibilities:
1. The department shall prepare and submit to the director of the
department of management, as provided in section 8.23, a multiyear
construction program including estimates of the expenditure
requirements for the construction, repair, or improvement of
buildings, grounds, or equipment at the institutions listed in
section 218.1.
2. The director shall have plans and specifications prepared by
the department of administrative services for authorized
construction, repair, or improvement projects costing over the
competitive bid threshold in section 26.3, or as established in
section 314.1B. An appropriation for a project shall not be expended
until the department of administrative services has adopted plans and
specifications and has completed a detailed estimate of the cost of
the project, prepared under the supervision of a registered architect
or licensed professional engineer. Plans and specifications shall
not be adopted and a project shall not proceed if the project would
require an expenditure of money in excess of the appropriation.
3. The department of administrative services shall comply with
the competitive bid procedures in chapter 26 to let all contracts
under chapter 8A, subchapter III, for authorized construction,
repair, or improvement of departmental buildings, grounds, or
equipment.
4. If the director of the department of human services and the
director of the department of administrative services determine that
emergency repairs or improvements estimated to cost more than the
competitive bid threshold in section 26.3, or as established in
section 314.1B are necessary to assure the continued operation of a
departmental institution, the requirements of subsections 2 and 3 for
preparation of plans and specifications and competitive procurement
procedures are waived. A determination of necessity for waiver by
the director of the department of human services and the director of
the department of administrative services shall be in writing and
shall be entered in the project record for emergency repairs or
improvements. Emergency repairs or improvements shall be
accomplished using plans and specifications and competitive quotation
or bid procedures, as applicable, to the greatest extent possible,
considering the necessity for rapid completion of the project. A
waiver of the requirements of subsections 2 and 3 does not authorize
an expenditure in excess of an amount otherwise authorized for the
repair or improvement.
5. A claim for payment relating to a project shall be itemized on
a voucher form pursuant to section 8A.514, certified by the claimant
and the architect or engineer in charge, and audited and approved by
the department of administrative services. Upon approval by the
department of administrative services, the director of the department
of administrative services shall draw a warrant to be paid by the
treasurer of state from funds appropriated for the project. A
partial payment made before completion of the project does not
constitute final acceptance of the work or a waiver of any defect in
the work.
6. Subject to the prior approval of the administrator in control
of a departmental institution, minor projects costing five thousand
dollars or less may be authorized and completed by the executive head
of the institution through the use of day labor. A contract is not
required if a minor project is to be completed with the use of
resident labor. Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1256, § 1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 314; 2003 Acts, ch 145,
§211, 286; 2006 Acts, ch 1017, §23, 42, 43; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §44