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11.05 / Negotiating Committee on State Projects

Legislature for the State of Kansas has enacted authority for convening negotiating committees for selection of architectural services for certain state capital improvement projects.

K.S.A. 75-1253:

"(a) Whenever it becomes necessary in the judgment of the secretary of administration or in any case when the total cost of a project for the construction of a building or for major repairs or improvements to a building for a state agency is expected to exceed $500,000, the secretary of administration shall convene the negotiating committee.  The state building advisory commission shall prepare a list of at least three and not more than five firms which are, in the opinion of the state building advisory commission, qualified to serve as project architect for the project.  Such list shall be submitted to the negotiating committee so convened, without any recommendation of preference or other recommendation.  The secretary of administration shall meet with each negotiating committee and shall advise the negotiating committee but shall have no vote in the process or other matter upon which the committee may vote. 

(b) The secretary of administration may combine two or more separate projects for the construction of buildings or for major repairs or improvements to buildings for state agencies, for the purpose of procuring architectural services for all such projects from a single firm and in each such case such combined projects shall be construed to be a single project for all purposes under the provisions of K.S.A. 75-1250 to 75-1267, inclusive, and amendments thereto."

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