HB 2031 -- Design-Build Contracts for Certain Sewer Districts

Sponsor:  Diehl

This bill authorizes the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to
enter into design-build contracts for construction projects
exceeding $1 million.  In its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Establishes design-build contract procedures;

(2)  Requires the district to adopt procedures for requesting
proposals and evaluating and awarding contracts from up to five
prequalified contractors;

(3)  Establishes advertising requirements and procedures for
submitting and opening proposals and for readvertising when
necessary;

(4)  Requires the district to pay a reasonable stipend to
prequalified responsive bidders who submit a proposal but are not
awarded a contract;

(5)  Specifies that payment bonds are required, but the
performance bond does not need to cover design services if the
contractor or subcontractor providing design services carries
professional liability insurance in the amount established in the
request for proposal;

(6)  Requires architects, engineers, and land surveyors to be
licensed or authorized under statute, unless the subcontractors
performing the services are properly licensed;

(7)  Requires the district to retain an architect or engineer
unless it already retains one; and

(8)  Prohibits the architect or engineer from acting as the
design-build contractor, subcontractor, joint venturer, or
partner for the project.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:12 pm