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| Sec. 8. Approval process. A school administrative unit seeking to use an | | alternative delivery method for a school construction project shall | | apply on an application form developed under section 9 of this Act, | | to the Department of Education and the Bureau of General Services | | for approval of the alternative delivery method prior to commencing | | the project. Project applications must be evaluated by a review | | panel composed of representatives of the Department of Education, | | the Bureau of General Services and others with expertise in | | education, architecture, construction and engineering. |
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| | | Sec. 9. Rules. The Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner | | of Administrative and Financial Services shall adopt rules to | | implement the application form and review the evaluation | | criteria, composition of the review panel, performance measures, | | contract documents and all other matters necessary to implement | | this Act. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine | | technical rules pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, | | chapter 375, subchapter II-A. |
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| | | This bill clarifies that the school construction method set | | out in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1743-A and | | Title 20-A, chapter 609 is traditional competitive design-build. | | It provides for a 5-year pilot program for use of design-build | | and construction-manager-at-risk methods. Generally, during the | | pilot program, all projects with total costs less than $2,500,000 | | may use design-build and construction-manager-at-risk methods. | | Two projects in a school administrative unit that do not exceed | | $10,000,000 in total cost may use design-build methods, and 2 | | projects in a school administrative district that do not exceed | | $10,000,000 or more in total costs may use construction-manager- | | at-risk methods. All other school construction projects with | | total costs of $10,000,000 or more must employ a project manager. |
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