Bill Text: CT SB00278 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Requiring Consultant Services From State Construction Services Panels For Higher Education Projects.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-18 - File Number 558 [SB00278 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00278-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 5096 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections |
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AN ACT REQUIRING CONSULTANT SERVICES FROM STATE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES PANELS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4b-56 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) There shall be established within the Department of Public Works state construction services selection panels which shall consist of five members. Four of such members shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall serve only for deliberations involving the project, a priority higher education facility project or a project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, undertaken by The University of Connecticut, for which such members are appointed, and shall be current or retired employees of the Department of Public Works. The remaining member shall be appointed by the head or acting head of the user agency and shall serve only for deliberations involving the project, the priority higher education facility project or a project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, undertaken by The University of Connecticut, for which such member is appointed.
(b) The selection panels shall not be deemed to be a board or commission within the meaning of section 4-9a.
(c) There shall be established within the Department of Public Works Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority construction services panels which shall consist of five members. Three of such members shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Works, shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such members are appointed and shall be current employees of the Department of Public Works. The remaining members shall be appointed by the head or acting head of the user agency and shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such members are appointed.
(d) The panels established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall not be deemed to be a board or commission within the meaning of section 4-9a. Such panels shall be the selection panels only for Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority projects pursuant to section 10a-89b.
(e) There shall be established, within the Department of Public Works, a State Construction Services Selection Panel that shall consist of five members. Such members shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall be current employees of the Department of Public Works or any agency for which consultant services may be contracted, and shall serve only for deliberations involving the selection of consultants under subsection (d) of section 4b-51 for which the employees are appointed.
(f) The panel established pursuant to subsection (e) of this section shall not be deemed to be a board or commission within the meaning of section 4-9a.
Sec. 2. Section 4b-58 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) (1) Except in the case of a project, [a priority higher education facility project, a project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, undertaken by The University of Connecticut,] a community court project, a correctional facility project [,] and a juvenile detention center project, [and the downtown Hartford higher education center project,] the commissioner shall negotiate a contract for consultant services with the firm most qualified, in the commissioner's judgment, at compensation which the commissioner determines is both fair and reasonable to the state. (2) In the case of a project, a priority higher education facility project or a project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, undertaken by The University of Connecticut, the commissioner shall negotiate a contract for such services with the most qualified firm from among the list of firms submitted by the panel at compensation which the commissioner determines in writing to be fair and reasonable to the state. If the commissioner is unable to conclude a contract with any of the firms recommended by the panel, the commissioner shall, after issuing written findings of fact documenting the reasons for such inability, negotiate with those firms which the commissioner determines to be most qualified, at fair and reasonable compensation, to render the particular consultant services under consideration. (3) Whenever consultant services are required for a [priority higher education facility project, a] project involving the construction, repair or alteration of a building or premises under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator or property where the Judicial Department is the primary occupant, a community court project, a correctional facility project [,] or a juvenile detention center project, [or the downtown Hartford higher education center project,] the commissioner shall select and interview at least three consultants or firms and shall negotiate a contract for consultant services with the firm most qualified, in the commissioner's judgment, at compensation which the commissioner determines is both fair and reasonable to the state, except that if, in the opinion of the commissioner, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project needs to be expedited in order to meet the needs of the Department of Children and Families, the commissioner may waive such selection requirement. Except for the downtown Hartford higher education center project, the commissioner shall notify the State Properties Review Board of the commissioner's action not later than five business days after such action for its approval or disapproval in accordance with subsection (i) of section 4b-23, except that if, not later than fifteen days after such notice, a decision has not been made, the board shall be deemed to have approved such contract.
(b) In determining fair and reasonable compensation to be paid in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner shall consider, in the following order of importance, the professional competence of the consultant, the technical merits of the proposal, the ability of the firm to perform the required services within the time and budgetary limits of the contract and the price for which the services are to be rendered.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2011 |
4b-56 |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2011 |
4b-58 |
GAE |
Joint Favorable |