Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The
progressive design-build project delivery method is a form of the design-build
project delivery method that employs a progressive approach in which the
Department and the selected progressive design-build contractor collaborate to
progress the design and refine the project scope to meet project objectives
with the goal of negotiating a mutually agreeable lump sum or guaranteed
maximum price for the design and construction work.
b) PDB Projects are implemented in four
phases:
1) Pre-Procurement Phase (Preliminary
Design/Project Readiness)
2)
Procurement Phase (Advertisement/Evaluation/Selection)
3) Preconstruction Phase (Design
Advancement/GMP)
4) Implementation
Phase (Final Design/Construction)
c) PDB Pre-Procurement Phase
During the pre-procurement phase for a PDB project, the
Department will perform the typical project development activities associated
with Phase I of the Department's project development process before procuring a
PDB contractor. These activities include preliminary engineering, engineering
studies, environmental and permitting activities, to prepare for beginning the
PDB procurement.
d) PDB
Procurement Phase
1) Overview
A) The PDB contractor is procured utilizing a
single-phase or two-phase procurement process to inform a best value selection
of the successful PDB contractor pursuant to a request for proposals. A
two-phase procurement shall be utilized unless the project is estimated to cost
$5,000,000 or less at the time the Department makes a written determination
that it is in the best interests of the State to use the PDB delivery method
for the project (in which case the Department may use either a single-phase or
two-phase procurement), or the Secretary, with consultation with the SPO/CPO,
provides written approval that the Department may use a single-phase
procurement for the specific project being procured.
B) Under a single-phase procurement, the
Department will issue only a request for proposals to procure the PDB
contractor.
C) Under a two-phase
procurement, the Department will first issue a request for qualifications and
then an RFP
2) Selection
and Award
A) Each proposer submission, such as
an SOQ and proposal, will be evaluated by the IPD evaluation committee. Each
individual IPD evaluation committee member will review each submission
independently, observing its strengths and weaknesses based on project specific
evaluation criteria provided in the procurement documents. After all IPD
evaluation committee members conduct an independent review, the IPD evaluation
committee will meet to review each submission collectively and generate a
consensus score for such submission. The consensus scores will be used to rank
the proposers unless otherwise directed by the IPD bureau chief, after
consultation with the SPO/CPO.
B)
All IPD evaluation committee members will participate in interviews, if
anticipated in the RFP and conducted. Each individual IPD evaluation committee
member will review each interview independently, observing its strengths and
weaknesses based on project specific evaluation criteria provided in the
procurement documents. Once all interviews are evaluated individually, the IPD
evaluation committee will meet to confirm or update the consensus score for
each proposer.
C) The highest
ranked proposer (inclusive of the interview score, if interviews were
conducted) will be selected to serve as the PDB contractor.
D) The award will occur upon notification to
the selected proposer and completion of any conditions to award specified in
the RFP.
E) Once the Department has
approved the selection, and after consultation with the SPO/CPO, the proposers
will be notified of the selection results.
F) Once a PDB contract is executed with the
successful proposer, the Department may offer a debrief meeting with
unsuccessful proposers.
3) Preconstruction Phase Services Cost
Proposal
A) The selected PDB contractor will
prepare preconstruction phase services cost proposal inclusive of a detailed
project scope and price for providing the necessary preconstruction services to
reach an agreed lump sum or GMP which is in line with any cost information
provided in the selected proposal, which will then be reviewed and negotiated,
to the extent necessary, with the Department.
B) The Department will execute the PDB
contract, inclusive of the agreed preconstruction phase services costs, and
will issue a notice to proceed with the preconstruction phase
services.
C) If the PDB is unable
or unwilling to execute the PDB contract, the Department may award the project
to the proposer with the next best score or reprocure the project under any
other delivery method.
e) PDB Preconstruction Phase
1) The Department and the PDB contractor will
work collaboratively to advance the project design to a level of completion
necessary for the Department and the PDB contractor to reach a mutually agreed
lump sum or GMP.
2) Once the
Department and the PDB contractor mutually agree on the project scope, risk
allocations, cost assumptions and the commercial terms of the PDB contract, the
PDB contractor submits a lump sum or GMP proposal for the construction
work.
3) Upon agreement, the PDB
contract will be amended to reflect the negotiated construction terms. If the
Department and the PDB contractor are unable to reach an agreed lump sum or
GMP, after consultation with the SPO/CPO, the PDB contract will be terminated
and the Department may either award to the next highest ranked proposer, if
such proposer's proposal remains valid, or reprocure the project under any
other delivery method.
4) All work
product produced by the PDB contractor becomes the property of the Department
pursuant to the terms of an executed PDB contract.