SLS 16RS-448 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 160
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
PUBLIC CONTRACTS. Authorizes DOTD to conduct RFQ and RFP bid process
concurrently and to issue a single RFQ for multiple projects. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 48:250.3(I), relative to design-build contracts; to authorize the Department of
3 Transportation and Development to conduct Request for Qualifications and Request
4 for Proposal bid processes concurrently; to authorize DOTD to issue a single Request
5 for Qualifications for multiple projects; to provide for an effective date; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 48:250.3(I) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง250.3. Design-build contracts; qualifications of design-build entities; public
10 announcement procedures; letters of interest; selection of short list;
11 bid proposals by competitors; qualifications evaluation committee;
12 proposal review committee; selection and process of award
13 * * *
14 I. The department may conduct the RFQ and the RFP processes
15 concurrently for a particular project. The department may also issue a single
16 RFQ for multiple projects.
17 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
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SLS 16RS-448 ORIGINAL
1 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
2 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
3 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
4 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Dawn Romero Watson.
DIGEST
SB 160 Original 2016 Regular Session Cortez
Present law authorizes DOTD to engage in design-build contracts whereby the entity is
contractually responsible for delivering the project design and construction. As part of the
process in selecting the entity, the department conducts a Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
process to identify entities experienced and qualified to design and build the project and a
Request for Proposal (RFP) process to determine the winning design-build proposal of the
qualified entities.
Proposed law allows DOTD to conduct the RFQ and RFP processes concurrently for a
particular project. Proposed law also allows DOTD to issue a single RFQ for multiple
projects.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 48:250.3(I))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.