Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF2905 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to transportation; establishing a qualification-based selection requirement
3	3	1.3 for certain projects at the Department of Transportation; requiring reports;
4	4	1.4 appropriating money.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. QUALIFICATION-BASED SELECTION FOR ENGINEERING
7	7	1.7SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM.
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
9	9	1.9the meanings given.
10	10	1.10 (b) "Best value" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.28, subdivision
11	11	1.111b.
12	12	1.12 (c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation.
13	13	1.13 (d) "Contractual threshold" means a project with consultant fees for engineering services
14	14	1.14in excess of $800,000 per project year.
15	15	1.15 (e) "Project" means an uncompleted road construction project where qualification-based
16	16	1.16selection services are utilized.
17	17	1.17 (f) "Qualification-based selection" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section
18	18	1.1816C.087, subdivision 2.
19	19	1.19 Subd. 2.Establishment.From October 1, 2025, to March 1, 2028, the commissioner
20	20	1.20must use qualification-based selection methods to determine the selection of engineering
21	21	1.21and design professionals on five or more projects in each year meeting the contractual
22	22	1.22threshold. The commissioner may use qualification-based selection methods across different
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	25-04672 as introduced03/10/25 REVISOR KRB/AC
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 2905NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: JOHNSON STEWART, Koran and Carlson)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading03/24/2025
31	31	Referred to Transportation 2.1phases of an eligible project, including predesign, design, construction, and reconstruction.
32	32	2.2In selecting which five projects per year are subject to qualification-based selection, the
33	33	2.3commissioner must not use the same project or same phase of a project in a subsequent
34	34	2.4year.
35	35	2.5 Subd. 3.Preliminary report.By October 1, 2026, the commissioner must submit a
36	36	2.6preliminary report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
37	37	2.7with jurisdiction over transportation finance and policy. The report must contain information
38	38	2.8on the use of qualification-based selection methods by the Department of Transportation
39	39	2.9for certain road construction projects, including:
40	40	2.10 (1) a preliminary evaluation of the use of qualification-based selection methods;
41	41	2.11 (2) the development of criteria to determine eligible projects for which qualification-based
42	42	2.12selection is used;
43	43	2.13 (3) recommendations on whether legislative changes are necessary to increase the number
44	44	2.14of projects using qualification-based selection methods before expiration of the pilot program;
45	45	2.15and
46	46	2.16 (4) information detailing the use of qualification-based selection methods on selected
47	47	2.17projects, including the impact on:
48	48	2.18 (i) procurement timelines;
49	49	2.19 (ii) the quality of projects across all phases;
50	50	2.20 (iii) change orders; and
51	51	2.21 (iv) identified improvements to sustainability compared to best value engineering
52	52	2.22practices.
53	53	2.23 Subd. 4.Final report.By October 1, 2028, the commissioner must submit a final report
54	54	2.24to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
55	55	2.25over transportation finance and policy on the use of qualification-based selection methods
56	56	2.26for eligible road construction projects. The final report must include updated information
57	57	2.27on the preliminary report submitted under subdivision 3 and must include:
58	58	2.28 (1) the commissioner's recommended number of projects for which qualification-based
59	59	2.29selection methods are to be used;
60	60	2.30 (2) a cost benefit analysis on the use of qualification-based selection methods compared
61	61	2.31to best value engineering practices for eligible projects under the pilot program; and
62	62	2Section 1.
63	63	25-04672 as introduced03/10/25 REVISOR KRB/AC 3.1 (3) any legislative recommendations to implement a higher number of qualification-based
64	64	3.2selection methods or require the use of those methods for all road construction projects over
65	65	3.3a certain contractual threshold for engineering services.
66	66	3.4 Subd. 5.Expiration.This section expires January 15, 2029, or upon submission of the
67	67	3.5final report in subdivision 4, whichever is sooner.
68	68	3.6 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
69	69	3.7 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
70	70	3.8 $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
71	71	3.9transportation for the use of qualification-based selection methods and preparation of the
72	72	3.10legislative reports by the Department of Transportation in section 1. This is a onetime
73	73	3.11appropriation and is available until June 30, 2029.
74	74	3Sec. 2.
75	75	25-04672 as introduced03/10/25 REVISOR KRB/AC