Last January we reported on an expansion of public design build programs in New York as a result of legislation arising out of Governor Cuomo's budget for 2012. At that time, New York expanded the number of agencies that were permitted to utilize design build procurement from two to five. Now with the Governor's proposed 2013 Budget, the design build method will be made available to virtually all state entities, with the only exceptions being the New York City university and New York State university systems.
Of perhaps even greater interest is the current proposed legislation's introduction of "design build finance" as an available capital procurement method. This device, which may entail use of private and public funds, or perhaps a combination of same, will be available to the same broad range of state public entities as design build will be.
Both procurement methods will follow the two-tier system involving short listing proposers to an RFQ followed by a selection based on best value to the state.
The proposed legislation (See "Public Protection and General Government" Article VII Legislation) can be found here, and a supporting memo here.
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