Texas HB 2830: Relating to certain requirements for and limitations on design-build contracts for highway projects of the Texas Department of Transportation.

Bill Text

By:AACanales                                       H.B.ANo.A2830
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating  to  certain  requirements  for  and  limitations  on
design-build contracts for highway projects of the Texas Department
of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION
A1.AASection223.242(d-1), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d-1)
AAThe  department  may  not  enter  into  more  thansix
[three
] contracts under this section in eachstate fiscalbiennium
[year
].
SECTION
A2.AASection223.246(a),  Transportation  Code,  is
amended to read as follows:
(a)
AAThe department shall issue a request for proposals to
proposers  short-listed  under  Section223.245.   A  request  for
proposals must include:
(1)
AAinformation on the overall project goals;
(2)
AApublicly  available  cost  estimates  for  the
design-build portion of the project;
(3)
AAmaterials specifications;
(4)
AAspecial material requirements;
(5)
AAa  [schematic]  design  approximately  30  percent
complete;
(6)
AAknown utilities, provided that the department is
not required to undertake an effort to locate utilities;
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(7)AAquality    assurance    and    quality    control
requirements;
(8)
AAthe location of relevant structures;
(9)
AAnotice  of  any  rules  or  goals  adopted  by  the
department  relating  to  awarding  contracts  to  disadvantaged
business enterprises or small business enterprises;
(10)
AAavailable  geotechnical  or  other  information
related to the project;
(11)
AAthe status of any environmental review of the
project;
(12)
AAdetailed   instructions   for   preparing   the
technical proposal required under Subsection (d), including a
description of the form and level of completeness of drawings
expected;
(13)
AAthe relative weighting of the technical and cost
proposals required under Subsection (d) and the formula by which
the proposals will be evaluated and ranked; and
(14)
AAthe  criteria  to  be  used  in  evaluating  the
technical proposals, and the relative weighting of those criteria.
SECTION
A3.AASection223.246(a),  Transportation  Code,  as
amended by this Act, applies only to a highway project for which a
request for qualifications is issued on or after the effective date
of  this  Act.    A  highway  project  for  which  a  request  for
qualifications is issued before the effective date of this Act is
governed  by  the  law  in  effect  on  the  date  the  request  for
qualifications was issued, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
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SECTIONA4.AAThis Act takes effect September 1, 2019.1
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