45A.837 Price contracts for architectural, engineering, and engineering-related services -- Review procedure required.
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contracts for architectural, engineering, and engineering-related services. If the
agencies choose to enter into a price contract, subsection (2) of this section shall
apply. (2) Price contracts shall be awarded to firms qualified by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, Department of Facilities Management or by the
Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways. The Finance and Administration
Cabinet selection committee established by KRS 45A.810 shall meet at least
quarterly during each fiscal year to review and make recommendations to the
commissioner of the Department for Facilities Management for qualification of
interested firms. The Transportation Cabinet selection committee established by
KRS 45A.810 shall meet at least quarterly during each fiscal year to review and
make recommendations to the commissioner of the Department of Highways for
qualification of interested firms.
(a) The respective committees shall evaluate those firms submitting statements of interest in obtaining a price contract. The submitting firms shall be reviewed
according to the following criteria:
1. Qualifications; 2. Ability of professional personnel; and 3. Past record and experience. (b) Firms qualified by the commissioner of the Department for Facilities Management or by the commissioner of the Department of Highways shall be
awarded price contracts by the respective departments for the type of work for
which they have been qualified. (c) The commissioner of the Department for Facilities Management or the commissioner of the Department of Highways may select firms to perform
work under price contract for small projects for which the architectural,
engineering, or engineering-related fees do not exceed fifty thousand dollars
($50,000). However, no firm that has received more than one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) in price contract fees in any one (1) fiscal year in
the contract discipline being awarded shall be selected to work under a price
contract unless the secretary of finance and administration or the secretary of
transportation makes a written determination that the selection is in the best
interest of the Commonwealth and the determination is confirmed by the
appropriate cabinet's selection committee established by KRS 45A.810. (3) Notwithstanding any provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, no price contract shall be awarded under the provisions of this section before completion of the
review procedure provided for in KRS 45A.695 and 45A.705. Effective: April 3, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 319, sec. 1, effective April 3, 1998.