Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly Each public authority planning to contract for professional design services or design-build services shall publicly announce all contracts available from it for such services. The announcements shall: (A) Be made in a uniform and consistent manner and shall be made sufficiently in advance of the time that responses must be received from qualified professional design firms or design-build firms for the firms to have an adequate opportunity to submit a statement of interest in the project;(B) Include a general description of the project, a statement of the specific professional design services or design-build services required, and a description of the qualifications required for the project;(C) Indicate how qualified professional design firms or design-build firms may submit statements of qualifications in order to be considered for a contract to design or design-build the project;(D) Be sent to any of the following that the public authority considers appropriate:(1) Design-build firms, including contractors or other entities that seek to perform the work as a design-build firm;(2) Architect, ny of the following that the public authority considers appropriate:(1) Design-build firms, including contractors or other entities that seek to perform the work as a design-build firm;(2) Architect, landscape architect, engineer, and surveyor associations;(3) The news media;(4) Any publications or other public media, including electronic media.
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