Michigan Compiled Laws § 54.299 Professional Surveying Services; Procurement;

***** 54.299 THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 363 OF 2014 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2018 *****

54.299 Professional surveying services; procurement; "qualification-based selection" defined.

Sec. 9.

(1) The commission, in consultation with the department, shall procure professional surveying services through negotiated contracts for purposes of this act. The commission, in consultation with the department, shall use a qualification-based selection method for awarding contracts and shall award contracts only to business entities incorporated or located in this state.

(2) As used in subsection (1), "qualification-based selection" means a method of selecting professionals or firms to perform contractual work as follows:

(a) The selection of professionals or firms who provide the service shall be based first upon the qualifications of the professionals or firms to perform the required work.

(b) After the qualified design professionals or firms have been chosen by the commission, the department shall negotiate as to the cost of services.

(c) If price negotiations cannot be satisfactorily completed with the highest-ranked professional or firm, these negotiations cease and negotiations begin with the professional or firm that is next most qualified to perform the required work, and so forth until a professional or firm is selected to perform the services.

History: 2010, Act 259, Eff. May 22, 2013

Compiler's Notes: The conditions contained in MCL 54.303 pertaining to the effectiveness of 2010 PA 259 were certified as satisfied by the director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth on May 22, 2013.

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