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The authority may authorize payment to no more than three responsive bidders who are not awarded the design-build contract if the authority determines that such payment is necessary to promote competition. The authority shall not be required to award a design-build contract to the lowest bidder but may consider price as one factor in evaluating the proposals received. The authority shall maintain adequate records to allow post-project evaluation by the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":296945,"text":"An authority created pursuant to this article may enter into a contract for a jail on a fixed price or not-to-exceed price design-build basis or construction management basis in accordance with procedures consistent with those described in the Virginia Public Procurement Act (\u00a7 2.2-4300 et seq.) for procurement of nonprofessional services through competitive negotiation. The authority may authorize payment to no more than three responsive bidders who are not awarded the design-build contract if the authority determines that such payment is necessary to promote competition. The authority shall not be required to award a design-build contract to the lowest bidder but may consider price as one factor in evaluating the proposals received. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 837 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70034,"section_number":"2.2-4300","catch_line":"Short title; purpose; declaration of intent","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238497,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82833,"identifier":"53.1-95.18","token":"53.1\/3\/3.1\/53.1-95.18","url":"\/53.1-95.18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-95.18\/","token":"53.1\/3\/3.1\/53.1-95.18","dublin_core":{"Title":"Design-build contracts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-95.18","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An authority created pursuant to this article may enter into a <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> for a jail on a fixed price or not-to-exceed price design-build basis or construction management basis in accordance with procedures consistent with those described in the Virginia Public Procurement Act (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; purpose; declaration of intent\" href=\"\/2.2-4300\/\">2.2-4300<\/a> et seq.) for procurement of nonprofessional services through competitive negotiation. The authority may authorize payment to no more than three responsive bidders who are not awarded the design-build <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> if the authority determines that such payment is necessary to promote competition. The authority shall not be required to award a design-build <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> to the lowest bidder but may consider price as one factor in evaluating the proposals received. The authority shall maintain adequate records to allow post-project evaluation by the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS (\u00a7 53.1-95.18)\n\nAn authority created pursuant to this article may enter into a contract for a\njail on a fixed price or not-to-exceed price design-build basis or construction\nmanagement basis in accordance with procedures consistent with those described\nin the Virginia Public Procurement Act (\u00a7 2.2-4300 et seq.) for procurement of\nnonprofessional services through competitive negotiation. The authority may\nauthorize payment to no more than three responsive bidders who are not awarded\nthe design-build contract if the authority determines that such payment is\nnecessary to promote competition. The authority shall not be required to award a\ndesign-build contract to the lowest bidder but may consider price as one factor\nin evaluating the proposals received. The authority shall maintain adequate\nrecords to allow post-project evaluation by the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 837.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}