GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 SESSION 2011

 

 

SESSION LAW 2012-140

HOUSE BILL 994

 

 

AN ACT to permit the county of rockingham to use design-build delivery methods.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 143-128, 143-129, 143-131, 143-132, 143-64.31, and 143-64.32, Rockingham County may use the design-build method of construction for up to three projects involving the construction or renovation of buildings owned by the County. The County shall seek to prequalify and solicit at least three design-build teams to bid on the project and shall receive at least three sealed proposals from those teams for each project. The proposals shall not require the design-build team to submit project design solutions. If three proposals are not received and the project has been publicly advertised for a minimum of 30 days, the County may proceed with the proposals received. The County shall interview at least two of the design-build teams that submit proposals. The County shall award the contract to the best qualified team, taking into consideration in its selection the time of completion of any project, compliance with the provisions of G.S. 143-128.2, and the cost of the project.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and expires on June 30, 2017.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of July, 2012.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives