A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing johnston county to expand and improve the courthouse without complying with specified provisions of article 8 of chapter 143 of the general statutes.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The County of Johnston may contract for the design and construction or design, construction, and operation of an expanded or improved county courthouse, or both,  without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 143‑128, 143‑129, 143‑131, 143‑132, 143‑64.31, and 143‑64.32.
The authorization includes, if deemed appropriate by the County Board of Commissioners, the use of the single‑prime contractor method of design and construction, the design‑build or design‑build‑operate method of construction, or a request for proposals and negotiation as an alternative design and construction method.
SECTION 2.  The County of Johnston shall request proposals from and interview at least three design‑build teams, or design‑build‑operate teams, as appropriate, that have submitted proposals. If three proposals are not received and the project has been publicly advertised for a minimum of 30 days, then the County may proceed with the proposals received.  The County shall award the contract to the best qualified contractor, taking into account the time of completion of the project, the capital and operation and maintenance cost of the project, the technical merits of the proposal including, but not limited to, reliability and protection of the environment, and any other factors and information set forth in the request for proposals that the County determines to have a material bearing on the ability to evaluate any proposal.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.