BILL REQ. #:  Z-0575.1 

Read first time 02/01/2007.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to design-build construction for transportation projects; and amending RCW 47.20.780.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 47.20.780 and 2001 c 226 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The department of transportation shall develop a process for awarding competitively bid highway construction contracts for projects over ten million dollars that may be constructed using a design-build procedure. As used in this section and RCW 47.20.785, "design-build procedure" means a method of contracting under which the department of transportation contracts with another party for the party to both design and build the structures, facilities, and other items specified in the contract.
     The process developed by the department must, at a minimum, include the scope of services required under the design-build procedure, contractor prequalification requirements, criteria for evaluating technical information and project costs, contractor selection criteria, and issue resolution procedures.
     ((This section expires April 30, 2008.))