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9		-	PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 110
10		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 1320
11		-	By Representatives Lamberth, Cochran, Howell, Moon, Hawk, Glynn, Sherrell, Davis
12		-	Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1308
13		-	By Senators Johnson, Massey
14		-	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 12 and Title 54, relative to
15		-	transportation.
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	12	+	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
	13	+	Title 12 and Title 54, relative to transportation.
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16	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	16		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-504(b)(3)(D), is amended by
18	17		deleting the word "independently" in the first sentence.
19	18		SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-504(b)(3)(D), is amended by
20	19		deleting the word "averaged" in the third sentence and substituting instead the word "compiled".
21	20		SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-504(b)(3)(D), is amended by
22	21		deleting the subdivision and substituting instead the following:
23	22		(D) Upon completion of the evaluation process, members of the selection
24	23		committee shall review and score the proposals. Members shall score the proposals
25	24		pursuant to the scoring matrix that the department provides in the RFP and based on the
26	25		RFP's evaluation criteria. The scores must be tallied and compiled according to the
27	26		procedure established in the RFP. Upon completion of the scoring, the proposals must
28	27		be ranked in order of the highest score to the lowest score. The proposer whose
29	28		proposal receives the highest score is considered the best-evaluated proposer;
30	29		SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-504(b)(3)(E), is amended by
31	30		deleting the language "scores from each member of the selection committee" and substituting
32	31		instead the language "compiled scores".
33	32		SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-504(b)(3)(E), is amended by
34	33		deleting the subdivision and substituting instead the language:
35	34		(E) The proposals must be submitted in rank order to the commissioner. The
36		-	commissioner may either accept the selection committee's recommendation of the best
	35	+	commissioner may either accept the selection committee's recommendation of the best-
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37	40		evaluated proposer, or the commissioner may reject all proposals and proceed with
38	41		construction of the project through any lawful method for procuring a construction
39	42		services contract. The department shall send all proposers a written notice of award to
40		-	the best-:evaluated proposer, or a written notice that all proposals have been rejected. If
	43	+	the best-evaluated proposer, or a written notice that all proposals have been rejected. If
41	44		the department issues a written notice of award, then the notice must include a copy of
42	45		the scores from the members of the selection committee for each RFP proposal;
43	46		SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-504(b)(3)(F)(iii), is amended by
44	47		deleting the subdivision and substituting instead the following:
45	48		(iii) To confirm that no member of the selection committee has been improperly
46	49		influenced, prior to reviewing the RFP responses, each committee member must
47	50		affirmatively complete an affidavit indicating that the member has not discussed the
48	51		proposals, or the member's review of the same, with any department employee other
49	52		than those listed in the RFP as an appropriate point of contact and those serving on the
50	53		selection committee, or with any of the proposers, their agents, employees, or
51	54		subcontractors; and
52	55		SECTION 7. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-504(b)(3)(F)(i), is amended by
53		-	deleting the subdivision. ~~HB1320~~
	56	+	deleting the subdivision.
54	57		SECTION 8. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-506, is amended by deleting the
55	58		language "award of the pre-construction services contract" and substituting instead the
56	59		language "the pre-construction services contract".
57	60		SECTION 9. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-135(a), is amended by deleting
58	61		the subsection in its entirety and substituting instead the following:
59	62		(a) In the event of a transportation system failure, an imminent threat of a failure,
60	63		or other emergency that the commissioner reasonably believes would present a hazard
61	64		to the traveling public or a significant delay in transportation, then the commissioner has
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62	69		the authority to enter into contracts narrowly tailored to remedy the actual or imminent
63	70		failure or other emergency by one (1) of the following methods:
64	71		(1) When conditions allow, bids will be taken at a special letting. The
65	72		commissioner is authorized to waive any provisions of this title related to bidding
66	73		to effectuate this special letting, including advertisement, time periods, and
67	74		notice;
68	75		(2) If the commissioner determines that the failure, threatened failure, or
69	76		other emergency requires immediate attention, then the commissioner may enter
70	77		into alternative delivery contracts, as defined in § 54-1-601, and waive any
71	78		provisions of this title related to these contracts in order to effectuate these
72	79		contracts;
73	80		(3) If the commissioner determines that the failure, threatened failure, or
74	81		other emergency requires immediate attention, then the commissioner may enter
75	82		into any highway construction and engineering contracts authorized under title 12
76	83		and this title, and waive any provisions of these titles related to these contracts in
77	84		order to effectuate these contracts; or
78	85		(4) If the commissioner determines that the failure, threatened failure, or
79	86		other emergency requires immediate attention, then the commissioner may enter
80	87		into a contract through noncompetitive selection of a prequalified contractor
81	88		available to undertake the repairs immediately on a force account basis or other
82	89		basis determined by the commissioner.
83	90		SECTION 10. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-135, is amended by deleting
84	91		subsection (b) in its entirety and substituting instead the following:
85	92		(b) Notwithstanding § 4-3-2303(13), the department is not required to specifically
86	93		identify any contract under this section in a prior transportation improvement program
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87	98		submitted annually to the general assembly in support of the commissioner's annual
88	99		funding recommendations and for annual expenditures. However, if the commissioner
89	100		enters into a contract under this section, the commissioner shall provide immediate
90	101		written notice to the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate, the
91	102		chair of the finance, ways and means committee of the senate, the chair of the
92	103		committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over transportation-related
93	104		matters, the chair of the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction
94	105		over budget-related matters, the commissioner of finance and administration, and the
95	106		comptroller of the treasury. Within thirty (30) days of the commissioner entering into a
96	107		contract under this section, the department shall file copies of all bids and supporting
97	108		documentation with the fiscal review committee.
98	109		(c) Notwithstanding §§ 54-1-119 and 54-1-503, if the proposed contract under
99	110		this section has a total estimated contract amount exceeding one hundred million dollars
100	111		($100,000,000), then the department is not required to specifically identify the project in
101	112		the transportation improvement program submitted annually to the general assembly in
102	113		support of the commissioner's annual funding recommendations.
103	114		(d) Notwithstanding § 54-1-602, the limit of twenty-eight (28) alternative delivery
104	115		contracts per fiscal year under § 54-1-602 shall not apply to alternative delivery contracts
105	116		procured under this section.
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107	117		SECTION 11. Sections 3 and 5 of this act take effect July 1, 2029, the public welfare
108	118		requiring it. All other sections of this act take effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
109		-	3 HOUSE BILL NO. 1320
110		-	PASSED: March 17, 2025
111		-	CAMEROJl SEXTON, SPEAKER
112		-	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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114		-	SPEAKER OF THE
115		-	APPROVED this {}{t:t·,day of liliccL 2025
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119		-	BILL LEE, GOVERNOR