SPECIAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE B
SERVICES DURING PROCURMENT PERIOD
SPB 1 ADVERTISING FOR AND SECURING DESIGN BUILD PROPOSALS
(a) Record of Disposition of Request for Proposal Documents. The A/E shall provide all
services required for advertising for and securing Design Build Proposals in accordance with
"Manual for Preparation and Issuance of Contract Documents" as described herein. He shall
number each set of Request for Proposal documents (hard copy and electronic) and maintain a
continuing record showing the temporary and final disposition of each set. This record shall
show the date of each transfer of the documents and the dates for each return.
(b) Mailing Costs. The Government will reimburse the A/E for the actual cost of mailing the
documents and all amendments not caused by design deficiencies to the bidders. The A/E shall
keep a detailed record of these expenses including all invoices and other evidence of his
expenditures and submit these items to the Contracting Officer with his invoice for payment.
(c) Design Build Proposals. The Government will receive the Design Build Proposals and
award the contract for the project.
(d) Excessive Design Build Proposals. See FAR 52.236-22(c), Design Within Funding
Limitations, page GP-10.
(e) Conference Attendance. The A/E shall attend authorized conferences, as directed by the
Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer shall determine the type of professional
registered discipline(s) required for each conference. The numbers of authorized conferences
are:
(1) ___________ Pre-Proposal Conference:
___________ representative(s) for _________ day(s).
(2) ___________ Proposal Evaluation Conference:
___________ representative(s) for _________ day(s).
(3) ___________ Pre-Design Build Conference:
___________ representative(s) for ________ day(s).
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