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20324
. Notwithstanding Section 20321, the Board of Directors of the
Sacramento Regional Transit District may construct all or any part
of the Folsom Corridor Light Rail Extension and Double Tracking
Project using a design and construct approach. If the board elects to
design and construct the project, it shall comply with all of the
following procedures:
(a) A request for qualifications shall be prepared and submitted
to an adequate number of sources, as determined by the district, to
permit reasonable competition consistent with the nature and
requirements of that portion of the extension the district elects to
design and construct. In addition, notice of the request for
qualifications shall be published at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation, at least 10 days before the last date on which
responses to the request for qualifications may be received. The
request for qualifications shall identify the minimum standards that
the district has determined shall be met or exceeded by a contractor
to successfully design and construct the project described in this
section. Those standards may include, but are not limited to,
technical experience and capability, financial condition and
capacity, organization, and personnel.
(b) All respondents determined by the district to meet or exceed
the minimum standards set forth in the request for qualifications
shall be considered prequalified. The district may repeat the
prequalification process described in subdivision (a). If the
district has prequalified at least three respondents, it may invite
those prequalified to submit sealed bids for the project based upon
plans and specifications previously prepared by the district. Only
those who have been prequalified are eligible for award of a
contract. Award shall be made to the prequalified bidder submitting
the lowest responsible bid.
(c) The board may reject any and all bids and request new bids.
(d) The board shall not give any special preference in the design
and construct bidding process authorized by this section to any
contractor or consortium of contractors that worked on the initial
designs of the Folsom Corridor Light Rail Extension and Double
Tracking Project.