161.3410 DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS; DEFINITIONS.

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Subdivision 1.Scope.

The terms used in sections 161.3410 to 161.3426 have the meanings given in this section. §

Subd. 2.Commissioner.

“Commissioner” means the commissioner of transportation. §

Subd. 3.Design-build contract.

“Design-build contract” means a single contract between the Department of Transportation and a design-build company or firm to furnish the architectural or engineering and related design services as well as the labor, material, supplies, equipment, and construction services for the transportation project. §

Subd. 4.Design-build firm.

“Design-build firm” means a proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, corporation, any type of limited liability company, professional corporation, or any legal entity. §

Subd. 5.Design professional.

“Design professional” means a person who holds a license under chapter 326 that is required to be registered under Minnesota law. §

Subd. 6.Design-build transportation project.

“Design-build transportation project” means the procurement of both the design and construction of a transportation project in a single contract with a company or companies capable of providing the necessary engineering services and construction. §

Subd. 7.Design-builder.

“Design-builder” means the design-build firm that proposes to design and build a transportation project governed by the procedures of this section. §

Subd. 8.Request for proposals or RFP.

“Request for proposals” or “RFP” means the document by which the commissioner solicits proposals from prequalified design-build firms to design and construct the transportation project. §

Subd. 9.Request for qualifications or RFQ.

“Request for qualifications” or “RFQ” means a document to prequalify and short-list potential design-build firms.

History:

1Sp2001 c 8 art 3 s 1; 2014 c 227 art 2 s 3

History: History: 1Sp2001 c 8 art 3 s 1; 2014 c 227 art 2 s 3