75-5804. Negotiating committee convened, when; construction cost threshold, annual increase based on consumer price index; list of qualified firms for projects; list prepared by state building advisory commission in certain cases; procedure. (a) (1) Whenever it becomes necessary in the judgment of the agency head of a state agency for which a project is proposed and, in any case where the construction cost of such a proposed project is expected to exceed the amount specified in paragraph (2), the agency head shall convene a negotiating committee. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the agency head shall submit the list of at least three but not more than five of the most highly qualified firms to the negotiating committee so convened, without any recommendation of preference or other recommendation.

(2) The construction cost threshold to convene a negotiating committee as provided by paragraph (1) shall be $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2024. For fiscal year 2025, and all fiscal years thereafter, the threshold to convene a negotiating committee shall be the threshold amount for the immediately preceding fiscal year increased by an amount equal to the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers as published by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor during the immediately preceding fiscal year rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount.

(b) Whenever a negotiating committee is convened under this section for a proposed project requiring engineering or land surveying services that concerns the construction of any building or facility or any major repairs or improvements to any building or facility, including but not limited, to any heating, cooling or power facility, for a state agency, the agency head for the state agency shall notify the state building advisory commission of the project and shall request a list of firms qualified to provide the engineering or land surveying services for the proposed project. Upon receipt of any such request the state building advisory commission shall evaluate the current statements of qualifications and performance data on file, together with those statements that may be submitted by other firms regarding the proposed project and other information developed and available to the state building advisory commission. The commission shall prepare a list of at least three but not more than five firms that, in the opinion of the state building advisory commission, are qualified to furnish the engineering or land surveying services for the proposed project. Each such list shall be submitted to the negotiating committee so convened without any recommendation of preference or other recommendation.

History: L. 1977, ch. 287, § 4; L. 1978, ch. 337, § 32; L. 1979, ch. 280, § 19; L. 1996, ch. 48, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 238, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 1, § 2; L. 2023, ch. 35, § 3; July 1.