A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing the city of durham to use design‑build delivery methods for the design and construction of a police headquarters and annex facility, two police service centers, and a 911 facility.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 8 of Chapter VI of the Charter of the City of Durham, being Chapter 671 of the 1975 Sessions Laws, as amended, is amended by adding a new section to read as follows:
"Sec. 85.1. Utilization of design‑build delivery methods. (a) The City may award contracts for the design and construction of a police headquarters and annex facility, two police service centers, and a 911 facility without being subject to the requirements of G.S. 133‑1, 133‑2, or 133‑3, the provisions of Article 3D of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, and Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. The authorization granted in this section includes the use of the following methods: design‑build; design‑build‑operate; design‑build‑operate‑maintain; or any combination of design‑build, operate, or maintain.
(b)	The city shall obtain proposals from at least three design‑build teams for the projects authorized under subsection (a) of this section. If three proposals are not received and the project has been publicly advertised for a minimum of 30 days, the City may proceed with the proposals received. In evaluating the proposals received, the City may pay the same fixed stipend to short‑listed design‑build teams for preparation of additional, technical proposals if necessary to advance the contract award process. The evaluation of design‑build teams and the proposals shall not be exempt from the requirements of the City's Equal Business Opportunity Program Ordinance, created pursuant to the authority granted in Section 84.1 of this Charter, to establish minority and women business participation goals.
(c)	The City Council shall award the contract to the best qualified design‑build team, 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, and any other factors and information set forth in the request for proposal that the City determines to have a material bearing on the ability to evaluate any proposal."
SECTION 2.  If any portion of this act or its application is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.