Section 24-93-110 - Department of transportation - additional requirements for integrated project delivery contracts - short-listing - transparency

(1) The department of transportation shall not exclude a participating entity from a short list, prepared and announced by the department as required by section 24-93-105 (2), of responding participating entities that have been determined to be most qualified to receive a request for proposals for an IPD contract for a public project based solely on the participating entity's lack of experience in delivering a public project in the state by the IPD method to be used for the public project.(2)(a) If the cost to complete a public project is expected to exceed seventy-five million dollars, the department of transportation shall, before selecting the IPD method for a construction project and beginning the procurement process: (I) Hold public meetings with the construction industry and the general public to discuss the justification for selecting the IPD method. The required public meetings may be held in conjunction with other required public meetings about the project or as stand-alone meetings.(II) Obtain approval for the use of the IPD method from the transportation commission created in section 43-1-106.(b) For any public project, regardless of the expected cost of completion, to

eetings.(II) Obtain approval for the use of the IPD method from the transportation commission created in section 43-1-106.(b) For any public project, regardless of the expected cost of completion, to be completed using the IPD method, the department of transportation shall:(I) Before beginning the procurement process, publish on the department's website, the justification for selecting the IPD method;(II) During the procurement process, include the justification for selecting the IPD method in any request for qualifications and in the request for proposals;(III) Following the award of the IPD contract to a participating entity, publish on the department's website the evaluation scores for each step of the IPD contract solicitation phase for all solicitations received and evaluated; and(IV) From the time the IPD contract is executed until the department's final acceptance of the completed public project, provide, maintain, and update on the department's website a transparency platform such as a dashboard that indicates the ongoing status of the public project.(3) The requirements of this section apply only to a public project involving infrastructure that is part of the state

form such as a dashboard that indicates the ongoing status of the public project.(3) The requirements of this section apply only to a public project involving infrastructure that is part of the state highway system, as described in section 43-2-101 (1).Added by 2021 Ch. 250, § 10, eff. 6/17/2021. For the legislative declaration in SB 21-260, see section 1 of chapter 250, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.