Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07149 Compare Versions

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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7149
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10	10	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS FOR
20	20	PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) For the purposes of this 1
25	25	section, (1) "firm" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint 2
26	26	venture, association or other legal entity authorized to provide 3
27	27	professional engineering services pursuant to chapter 391 of the general 4
28	28	statutes, and (2) "municipality" has the same meaning as provided in 5
29	29	section 7-148 of the general statutes. 6
30	30	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal 7
31	31	charter or home rule ordinance, on and after January 1, 2026, unless any 8
32	32	provision of state or federal law, including, but not limited to, sections 9
33	33	4b-91 and 10-287 of the general statutes, requires otherwise, a 10
34	34	municipality shall utilize the process described in this section when 11
35	35	soliciting professional engineering services from any firm, if the fee for 12
36	36	such services is anticipated to exceed one hundred thousand dollars and 13
37	37	be paid, in whole or in part, with state funding. 14
38	38	(c) (1) Any municipality that requires professional engineering 15
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45	45	services, if the municipality anticipates that the fee for such services will 16
46	46	exceed one hundred thousand dollars and be paid, in whole or in part, 17
47	47	with state funding, shall provide a description of the services required 18
48	48	and solicit firms to submit a statement of qualifications for such firm, in 19
49	49	accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this section. Each 20
50	50	such statement of qualifications shall include, but not be limited to, (A) 21
51	51	a description of such firm, including the location of such firm's office or 22
52	52	offices and the number of years such firm has been engaged in the 23
53	53	practice of professional engineering, (B) examples of similar services 24
54	54	provided by such firm and such firm's record of past performance with 25
55	55	respect to control of costs, quality of work and cooperation with clients, 26
56	56	(C) information concerning such firm's project manager and key staff, 27
57	57	including, but not limited to, such manager and staff's education and 28
58	58	training, (D) a description of quality control measures utilized by such 29
59	59	firm, (E) a description of such firm's proposed approach to the provision 30
60	60	of the services sought by the municipality, (F) a proposed schedule for 31
61	61	the provision of such services, if applicable, and (G) any additional 32
62	62	information the municipality determines is necessary to select a firm to 33
63	63	provide such services. 34
64	64	(2) The municipality shall evaluate each statement of qualifications 35
65	65	submitted by a firm and rank each such firm based on criteria developed 36
66	66	by the municipality to evaluate each firm's qualifications. After ranking 37
67	67	each firm that submitted a statement of qualifications, the municipality 38
68	68	shall negotiate a contract for such services with the highest ranked firm 39
69	69	at a rate of compensation the municipality determines is fair and 40
70	70	reasonable in consideration of the value, scope, complexity, schedule for 41
71	71	completion and nature of such services. If the municipality is unable to 42
72	72	enter into a contract with the highest ranked firm after such negotiation, 43
73	73	the municipality may negotiate with any additional responding firms, 44
74	74	in order of such firms' ranking, in accordance with the provisions of this 45
75	75	subsection. 46
76	76	(d) Any municipality shall publish on the Internet web site of the 47
77	77	municipality: (1) A description of the professional engineering services 48
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84	84	the municipality requires and a solicitation of the submission of 49
85	85	statements of qualification by firms, including instructions for the 50
86	86	submission of such statements, (2) the criteria the municipality 51
87	87	developed for the evaluation of such firms pursuant to subsection (b) of 52
88	88	this section, and (3) upon execution of a contract with a firm for such 53
89	89	professional engineering services, a list of the firms that responded to 54
90	90	such solicitation and the ranking assigned to each such firm by the 55
91	91	municipality. 56
92	92	(e) (1) Any municipality may establish and maintain a list of firms 57
93	93	that are preapproved to provide professional engineering services for 58
94	94	the municipality. Any firm that desires to appear on such list shall 59
95	95	submit a statement of such firm's qualifications, including, but not 60
96	96	limited to, (A) a description of such firm, including the location of such 61
97	97	firm's office or offices and the number of years such firm has been 62
98	98	engaged in the practice of professional engineering, (B) examples of 63
99	99	engineering services provided by such firm and such firm's record of 64
100	100	past performance with respect to control of costs, quality of work and 65
101	101	cooperation with clients, (C) information concerning such firm's project 66
102	102	manager and key staff, including, but not limited to, such manager and 67
103	103	staff's education and training, (D) a description of quality control 68
104	104	measures utilized by such firm, (E) a description of such firm's proposed 69
105	105	approach to the provision of engineering services, and (F) any 70
106	106	additional information the municipality determines is necessary to 71
107	107	determine whether to place a firm on such list. Upon receipt of a 72
108	108	statement pursuant to this subsection, the municipality shall determine, 73
109	109	in accordance with criteria developed by the municipality, whether to 74
110	110	place such firm on the municipality's preapproved list. Any firm the 75
111	111	municipality places on such list shall submit an updated statement of 76
112	112	such firm's qualifications to the municipality not less than every five 77
113	113	years thereafter, or more frequently upon the request of the 78
114	114	municipality. 79
115	115	(2) Any municipality that requires professional engineering services 80
116	116	and has established a list of two or more firms pursuant to subdivision 81
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123	123	(1) of this subsection may, in lieu of complying with the publication 82
124	124	requirements described in subsection (d) of this section, provide each 83
125	125	firm on such list a description of the professional engineering services 84
126	126	the municipality requires and request from each such firm a proposed 85
127	127	schedule for the provision of such services, if applicable, and any 86
128	128	additional information necessary to permit the municipality to rank 87
129	129	each firm based on criteria the municipality developed pursuant to 88
130	130	subsection (c) of this section. After ranking each firm, the municipality 89
131	131	shall negotiate a contract for such services in accordance with the 90
132	132	procedures described in subsection (c) of this section. 91
133	133	(f) Any municipality that has previously executed a contract for the 92
134	134	provision of professional engineering services with a firm may negotiate 93
135	135	additional terms or a new contract with such firm for an associated 94
136	136	project. 95
137	137	Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 7-148v of the general statutes is 96
138	138	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 97
139	139	1, 2025): 98
140	140	(b) [Notwithstanding] Except as provided in section 1 of this act, 99
141	141	notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes or any municipal 100
142	142	charter, special act or ordinance, any municipality may purchase 101
143	143	equipment, supplies, materials or services from a person who has a 102
144	144	contract to sell such goods or services to other state governments, 103
145	145	political subdivisions of the state, nonprofit organizations or public 104
146	146	purchasing consortia available through a regional educational service 105
147	147	center or regional council of governments, in accordance with the 106
148	148	provisions of such contract. 107
149	149	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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152	152	Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
153	153	Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 7-148v(b)
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161	161	Statement of Purpose:
162	162	To require municipalities to utilize a qualifications-based selection
163	163	process in awarding contracts for certain professional engineering
164	164	services.
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166	166	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
167	167	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
168	168	underlined.]
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