§ 37-2-68 - Final selection – Public agency – Directors.
SECTION 37-2-68
§ 37-2-68 Final selection – Publicagency – Directors. – (a) The chief purchasing officer shall select no more than (3) firms (or two(2) if only two (2) apply) evaluated as being professionally and technicallyqualified. The firms selected, if still interested in providing the services,shall make a representative available to the directors of the public agency atsuch time and place as they shall determine, to provide such furtherinformation as they may require.
(b) The directors of the public agency shall negotiate withthe highest qualified firm for a contract for architectural, engineering, orconsultant services for the public agency at compensation which the directorsdetermine to be fair and reasonable to the public agency. In making thedetermination, the directors shall take into account the professionalcompetence of the offerors, the technical merits of the offerors, and the pricefor which the services are to be rendered. The directors of the public agencyshall be responsible for the final selection of the providers of architectural,engineering, or consultant services.