2006 Minnesota Statutes

161.3412 DESIGN-BUILD AUTHORITY.
    Subdivision 1. Best value selection. Notwithstanding sections 16C.25, 161.32, and 161.321,
or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may solicit and award a design-build contract
for a project on the basis of a best value selection process. Section 16C.08 does not apply to
design-build contracts to which the commissioner is a party.
    Subd. 2. Competitive, open process. Sections 161.3410 to 161.3428 apply only to
transportation projects using the two-step competitive process utilizing public solicitation for
design-build services.
    Subd. 3. Restriction; reports. (a) The number of design-build contracts awarded by the
commissioner in any fiscal year may not exceed ten percent of the total number of transportation
construction contracts awarded by the commissioner in the previous fiscal year.
(b) The commissioner shall notify the chairs of the senate and house of representatives
committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and transportation finance each time the
commissioner decides to use the design-build method of procurement and explain why that
method was chosen.
    Subd. 4. Municipal consent. Use of the design-build method of state transportation project
delivery is subject to state law concerning municipal consent to highways in municipalities.
History: 1Sp2001 c 8 art 3 s 2