R916-4-10. Award of Contracts

  (1) The CM/GC approach consists of the following two contract phases:

  (a) Preconstruction or design services, which may include value engineering, cost estimating, conceptual estimating, constructability reviews, scheduling, and Maintenance of Traffic plans.

  (b) Construction services, which will be awarded after the plans have been sufficiently developed and a price for construction services has been successfully validated and accepted. In the event that a price is not validated and accepted, the Department shall not award the construction phase of the contract. Incremental construction contracts may be awarded after prices are validated and accepted for each contract. The Department may choose to retain any of the parties if the construction/design services phase of the contract is not awarded.

  (2) The Department shall not be required to award a contract during either of the contract phases. However, following an award, the Department shall provide notice of the award to the successful CM/GC proposer followed by a notice to proceed with the work.

  (3) Contractors or contractor teams must not begin work before receiving the notice to proceed with work described in rule R916-8-12(2).