GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2012-63

HOUSE BILL 1138

AN ACT to permit the county of DAVIDSON to utilize the design-build method of construction and renovation of county buildings.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 143-128, 143-129, 143-131, 143-132, 143-64.31, and 143-64.32, Davidson County may use the design-build method of construction for up to five projects involving the construction or renovation of buildings owned by the County. The County shall seek to prequalify and solicit at least five design-build teams to bid on the project and shall receive at least three sealed proposals from those teams for each project. The proposals shall not require the design-build team to submit project design solutions. If three proposals are not received and the project has been publicly advertised for a minimum of 30 days, the County may proceed with the proposals received. The County shall interview at least two of the design-build teams that submit proposals. The County shall award the contract to the best qualified team, taking into consideration in its selection the time of completion of any project, compliance with the provisions of G.S. 143-128.2, and the cost of the project.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and expires on June 30, 2014.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26^th day of June, 2012.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives