Relating to contracts for professional services; to amend Section 41-4-133, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-357, to provide for the procurement of certain professional service contracts based on competitive, qualification-based policies and procedures; to provide for the advertisement of such contracts; and to subject such contracts to a fee schedule established by the Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance, with exception.
Provides for a 10% reduction of all state professional, personal, and consulting service contracts and provides for deposit of the savings into the Higher Education Financing Fund (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)