SB92 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arthur OrrSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Transportation Department, contracts, public to private firms, construction and maintenance of road and public improvement projects, Sec. 23-1-40 am'd.

Summary

SB92 lets the Alabama Department of Transportation enter into public-private construction and financing deals for roads, bridges, and tunnels, and requires a formal process to evaluate and select projects.

What This Bill Does

It expands DOT's authority to use design-build and other alternative delivery methods, leases, licenses, concessions, and similar arrangements for road projects. It allows the DOT to work with private companies, joint ventures, public agencies, or both to design, finance, build, own, operate, and maintain roads, bridges, or tunnels. It requires the DOT to develop procedures for evaluating proposals and selecting projects, including criteria, prequalification, proposal evaluation, and award. It sets a minimum project size of $100 million for these approaches and requires standard project specifications; asphalt resurfacing is excluded.

Who It Affects

• State Department of Transportation and related state/local government agencies gain expanded authority to contract with private and public partners for large road projects.
• Private companies, LLCs, joint ventures, and other private entities may bid on and participate in these projects under various delivery and financing arrangements.

Key Provisions

• Amends Section 23-1-40 to authorize contracts/agreements for construction and related work with private and public entities under DOT jurisdiction, including design-build and related delivery models.
• Allows design-build, design-build-operate, design-build-finance-operate-maintain, and other similar arrangements, and leases, licenses, franchises, or concessions for road projects.
• Projects may be awarded through existing procurement methods; requires minimum construction cost of $100,000,000 and prohibits grouping distant projects to meet the threshold.
• DOT must develop procedures for implementing this section, including proposal content, evaluation, selection, negotiation, and award.
• Proposals can be evaluated on qualifications, best value, or both, in the state's best interests.
• Projects must use standard DOT specifications or those deemed necessary.
• Not applicable to asphalt resurfacing projects.

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Subjects

Transportation Department