Common use of Procurement of professional services Clause in Contracts

Procurement of professional services. The procurement of professional services for capital projects shall be conducted using a qualification-based selection process. The Institution shall engage in individual discussions with two or more offerors deemed fully qualified, responsible, and suitable on the basis of initial responses and with emphasis on professional competence, to provide the required services. Repetitive informal interviews shall be permissible. The offerors shall be encouraged to elaborate on their qualifications and performance data or staff expertise pertinent to the proposed project, as well as alternative concepts. The request for proposal shall not, however, request that offerors furnish estimates of man-hours or cost for services. At the discussion stage, the Institution may discuss nonbinding estimates of total project costs, including, but not limited to, life-cycle costing, and where appropriate, nonbinding estimates of price for services. Proprietary information from competing offerors shall not be disclosed to the public or to competitors. At the conclusion of discussion, outlined in this subdivision, on the basis of evaluation factors published in the request for proposal and all information developed in the selection process to this point, the Institution shall select in the order of preference two or more offerors whose professional qualifications and proposed services are deemed most meritorious. Negotiations shall then be conducted, beginning with the offeror ranked first. If a contract satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution can be negotiated at a price considered fair and reasonable, the award shall be made to that offeror. Otherwise, negotiations with the offeror ranked first shall be formally terminated and negotiations conducted with the offeror ranked second, and so on until such a contract can be negotiated at a fair and reasonable price. Should the Institution determine in writing and in its sole discretion that only one offeror is fully qualified, or that one offeror is clearly more highly qualified and suitable than the others under consideration, a contract may be negotiated and awarded to that offeror. A contract for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction projects may be negotiated by the Institution for multiple projects, provided (i) the projects require similar experience and expertise and (ii) the nature of the projects is clearly identified in the request for proposal. Under such contract, (a) the fair and reasonable prices, as negotiated, shall be used in determining the cost of each project performed, (b) the sum of all projects performed in one contract term shall be as set in the request for proposal, and (c) the project fee of any single project shall not exceed the term limit as set in the request for proposal. Any unused amounts from any contract term may be carried forward. Competitive negotiations for such contracts may result in awards to more than one offeror provided the request for proposal stated the potential for a multivendor award. Multiphase professional services contracts satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution for environmental, location, design, and inspection work regarding construction of infrastructure projects may be negotiated and awarded based on qualifications at a fair and reasonable price for the first phase only, when completion of the earlier phases is necessary to provide information critical to the negotiation of a fair and reasonable price for succeeding phases. Prior to the procurement of any such contract, the Institution shall state the anticipated intended total scope of the project and determine in writing that the nature of the work is such that the best interests of such Institution require awarding the contract.

Procurement of professional services. The procurement of professional services for capital projects shall be conducted using a qualification-based selection process. The Institution shall engage in individual discussions with two or more offerors deemed fully qualified, responsible, and suitable on the basis of initial responses and with emphasis on professional competence, to provide the required services. Repetitive informal interviews shall be permissible. The offerors shall be encouraged to elaborate on their qualifications and performance data or staff expertise pertinent to the proposed project, as well as alternative concepts. The request for proposal shall not, however, request that offerors furnish estimates of man-hours or cost for services. At the discussion stage, the Institution may discuss nonbinding estimates of total project costs, including, but not limited to, life-cycle lifecycle costing, and where appropriate, nonbinding estimates of price for services. Proprietary information from competing offerors shall not be disclosed to the public or to competitors. At the conclusion of discussion, outlined in this subdivision, on the basis of evaluation factors published in the request for proposal and all information developed in the selection process to this point, the Institution shall select in the order of preference two or more offerors whose professional qualifications and proposed services are deemed most meritorious. Negotiations shall then be conducted, beginning with the offeror ranked first. If a contract satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution can be negotiated at a price considered fair and reasonable, the award shall be made to that offeror. Otherwise, negotiations with the offeror ranked first shall be formally terminated and negotiations conducted with the offeror ranked second, and so on until such a contract can be negotiated at a fair and reasonable price. Should the Institution determine in writing and in its sole discretion that only one offeror is fully qualified, or that one offeror is clearly more highly qualified and suitable than the others under consideration, a contract may be negotiated and awarded to that offeror. A contract for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction projects may be negotiated by the Institution for multiple projects, provided (i) the projects require similar experience and expertise and (ii) the nature of the projects is clearly identified in the request for proposal. Under such contract, (a) the fair and reasonable prices, as negotiated, shall be used in determining the cost of each project performed, (b) the sum of all projects performed in one contract term shall be as set in the request for proposal, and (c) the project fee of any single project shall not exceed the term limit as set in the request for proposal. Any unused amounts from any contract term may be carried forward. Competitive negotiations for such contracts may result in awards to more than one offeror provided the request for proposal stated the potential for a multivendor award. Multiphase professional services contracts satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution for environmental, location, design, and inspection work regarding construction of infrastructure projects may be negotiated and awarded based on qualifications at a fair and reasonable price for the first phase only, when completion of the earlier phases is necessary to provide information critical to the negotiation of a fair and reasonable price for succeeding phases. Prior to the procurement of any such contract, the Institution shall state the anticipated intended total scope of the project and determine in writing that the nature of the work is such that the best interests of such Institution require awarding the contract.

Procurement of professional services. The procurement of professional services for capital projects shall be conducted using a qualification-based selection process. The Institution shall engage in individual discussions with two or more offerors deemed fully qualified, responsible, responsible and suitable on the basis of initial responses and with emphasis on professional competence, to provide the required services. Repetitive informal interviews shall be permissible. The offerors shall be encouraged to elaborate on their qualifications and performance data or staff expertise pertinent to the proposed project, as well as alternative concepts. The request Request for proposal Proposal shall not, however, request that offerors furnish estimates of man-hours or cost for services. At the discussion stage, the Institution may discuss nonbinding estimates of total project costs, including, but not limited to, life-cycle costing, and where appropriate, nonbinding estimates of price for services. Proprietary information from competing offerors shall not be disclosed to the public or to competitors. At the conclusion of discussion, outlined in this subdivision, on the basis of evaluation factors published in the request Request for proposal Proposal and all information developed in the selection process to this point, the Institution shall select in the order of preference two or more offerors whose professional qualifications and proposed services are deemed most meritorious. Negotiations shall then be conducted, beginning with the offeror ranked first. If a contract satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution can be negotiated at a price considered fair and reasonable, the award shall be made to that offeror. Otherwise, negotiations with the offeror ranked first shall be formally terminated and negotiations conducted with the offeror ranked second, and so on until such a contract can be negotiated at a fair and reasonable price. Should the Institution determine in writing and in its sole discretion that only one offeror is fully qualified, or that one offeror is clearly more highly qualified and suitable than the others under consideration, a contract may be negotiated and awarded to that offeror. A contract for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction projects may be negotiated by the Institution Institution, for multiple projects, projects provided (i) the projects require similar experience and expertise expertise, and (ii) the nature of the projects is clearly identified in the request Request for proposalProposal. Under such contract, (a) the fair and reasonable prices, as negotiated, shall be used in determining the cost of each project performed, (b) the sum of all projects performed in one contract term shall be as set in the request for proposal, and (c) the project fee of any single project shall not exceed the term limit as set in the request for proposal. Any unused amounts from any contract term may be carried forward. Competitive negotiations for such contracts may result in awards to more than one offeror provided the request for proposal stated the potential for a multivendor award. Multiphase professional services contracts satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution for environmental, location, design, and inspection work regarding construction of infrastructure projects may be negotiated and awarded based on qualifications at a fair and reasonable price for the first phase only, when completion of the earlier phases is necessary to provide information critical to the negotiation of a fair and reasonable price for succeeding phases. Prior to the procurement of any such contract, the Institution shall state the anticipated intended total scope of the project and determine in writing that the nature of the work is such that the best interests of such Institution require awarding the contract.,

Procurement of professional services. The procurement of professional services for capital projects shall be conducted using a qualification-based selection process. The Institution shall engage in individual discussions with two or more offerors deemed fully qualified, responsible, responsible and suitable on the basis of initial responses and with emphasis on professional competence, to provide the required services. Repetitive informal interviews shall be permissible. The offerors shall be encouraged to elaborate on their qualifications and performance data or staff expertise pertinent to the proposed project, as well as alternative concepts. The request Request for proposal Proposal shall not, however, request that offerors furnish estimates of man-hours or cost for services. At the discussion stage, the Institution may discuss nonbinding estimates of total project costs, including, but not limited to, life-cycle costing, and where appropriate, nonbinding estimates of price for services. Proprietary information from competing offerors shall not be disclosed to the public or to competitors. At the conclusion of discussion, outlined in this subdivision, on the basis of evaluation factors published in the request Request for proposal Proposal and all information developed in the selection process to this point, the Institution shall select in the order of preference two or more offerors whose professional qualifications and proposed services are deemed most meritorious. Negotiations shall then be conducted, beginning with the offeror ranked first. If a contract satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution can be negotiated at a price considered fair and reasonable, the award shall be made to that offeror. Otherwise, negotiations with the offeror ranked first shall be formally terminated and negotiations conducted with the offeror ranked second, and so on until such a contract can be negotiated at a fair and reasonable price. Should the Institution determine in writing and in its sole discretion that only one offeror is fully qualified, or that one offeror is clearly more highly qualified and suitable than the others under consideration, a contract may be negotiated and awarded to that offeror. A contract for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction projects may be negotiated by the Institution Institution, for multiple projects, projects provided (i) the projects require similar experience and expertise expertise, and (ii) the nature of the projects is clearly identified in the request Request for proposalProposal. Under such contract, (a) the fair and reasonable prices, as negotiated, shall be used in determining the cost of each project performed, (b) the sum of all projects performed in one contract term shall be as set in the request Request for proposal, Proposal; and (c) the project fee of any single project shall not exceed the term limit as set in the request Request for proposalProposal. Any unused amounts from any contract term may be carried forward. Competitive negotiations for such contracts may result in awards to more than one offeror provided the request Request for proposal Proposal stated the potential for a multivendor multi-vendor award. Multiphase professional services contracts satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution for environmental, location, design, design and inspection work regarding construction of infrastructure projects may be negotiated and awarded based on qualifications at a fair and reasonable price for the first phase only, when completion of the earlier phases is necessary to provide information critical to the negotiation of a fair and reasonable price for succeeding phases. Prior to the procurement of any such contract, the Institution shall state the anticipated intended total scope of the project and determine in writing that the nature of the work is such that the best interests of such Institution require awarding the contract.

Procurement of professional services. The procurement of professional services for capital 1231 projects shall be conducted using a qualification-based selection process. The Institution shall engage in 1232 individual discussions with two or more offerors deemed fully qualified, responsible, and suitable on the 1233 basis of initial responses and with emphasis on professional competence, to provide the required 1234 services. Repetitive informal interviews shall be permissible. The offerors shall be encouraged to 1235 elaborate on their qualifications and performance data or staff expertise pertinent to the proposed 1236 project, as well as alternative concepts. The request for proposal shall not, however, request that 1237 offerors furnish estimates of man-hours or cost for services. At the discussion stage, the Institution may 1238 discuss nonbinding estimates of total project costs, including, but not limited to, life-cycle lifecycle costing, and 1239 where appropriate, nonbinding estimates of price for services. Proprietary information from competing 1240 offerors shall not be disclosed to the public or to competitors. At the conclusion of discussion, outlined 1241 in this subdivision, on the basis of evaluation factors published in the request for proposal and all 1242 information developed in the selection process to this point, the Institution shall select in the order of 1243 preference two or more offerors whose professional qualifications and proposed services are deemed 1244 most meritorious. Negotiations shall then be conducted, beginning with the offeror ranked first. If a 1245 contract satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution can be negotiated at a price considered fair 1246 and reasonable, the award shall be made to that offeror. Otherwise, negotiations with the offeror ranked 1247 first shall be formally terminated and negotiations conducted with the offeror ranked second, and so on 1248 until such a contract can be negotiated at a fair and reasonable price. Should the Institution determine 1249 in writing and in its sole discretion that only one offeror is fully qualified, or that one offeror is clearly 1250 1251 1252 more highly qualified and suitable than the others under consideration, a contract may be negotiated and awarded to that offeror. A contract for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction projects may 1253 be negotiated by the Institution for multiple projects, provided (i) the projects require similar experience 1254 and expertise and (ii) the nature of the projects is clearly identified in the request for proposal. Under 1255 such contract, (a) the fair and reasonable prices, as negotiated, shall be used in determining the cost of 1256 each project performed, (b) the sum of all projects performed in one contract term shall be as set in the 1257 request for proposal, and (c) the project fee of any single project shall not exceed the term limit as set 1258 in the request for proposal. Any unused amounts from any contract term may be carried forward. 1259 1260 1261 Competitive negotiations for such contracts may result in awards to more than one offeror provided the request for proposal stated the potential for a multivendor award. Multiphase professional services contracts satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution for 1262 environmental, location, design, and inspection work regarding construction of infrastructure projects 1263 may be negotiated and awarded based on qualifications at a fair and reasonable price for the first 1264 phase only, when completion of the earlier phases is necessary to provide information critical to the 1265 negotiation of a fair and reasonable price for succeeding phases. Prior to the procurement of any such 1266 contract, the Institution shall state the anticipated intended total scope of the project and determine in writing that the nature of the work is such that the best interests of such Institution require awarding the contract.in

Procurement of professional services. The procurement of professional services for capital projects shall be conducted using a qualification-based selection process. The Institution shall engage in individual discussions with two or more offerors deemed fully qualified, responsible, responsible and suitable on the basis of initial responses and with emphasis on professional competence, to provide the required services. Repetitive informal interviews shall be permissible. The offerors shall be encouraged to elaborate on their qualifications and performance data or staff expertise pertinent to the proposed project, as well as alternative concepts. The request Request for proposal Proposal shall not, however, request that offerors furnish estimates of man-hours or cost costs for services. At the discussion stage, the Institution may discuss nonbinding estimates of total project costs, including, but not limited to, life-cycle costing, and where appropriate, nonbinding estimates of price for services. Proprietary information from competing offerors shall not be disclosed to the public or to competitors. At the conclusion of discussion, outlined in this subdivision, on the basis of evaluation factors published in the request Request for proposal Proposal and all information developed in the selection process to this point, the Institution shall select in the order of preference two or more offerors whose professional qualifications and proposed services are deemed most meritorious. Negotiations shall then be conducted, beginning with the offeror ranked first. If a contract satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution can be negotiated at a price considered fair and reasonable, the award shall be made to that offeror. Otherwise, negotiations with the offeror ranked first shall be formally terminated and negotiations conducted with the offeror ranked second, and so on until such a contract can be negotiated at a fair and reasonable price. Should the Institution determine in writing and in its sole discretion that only one offeror is fully qualified, or that one offeror is clearly more highly qualified and suitable than the others under consideration, a contract may be negotiated and awarded to that offeror. A contract for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction projects may be negotiated by the Institution for multiple projects, projects provided (i) the projects require similar experience and expertise expertise, and (ii) the nature of the projects is clearly identified in the request Request for proposalProposal. Under such contract, (a) the fair and reasonable prices, as negotiated, shall be used in determining the cost of each project performed, ; (b) the sum of all projects performed in one contract term shall be as set in the request Request for proposal, Proposal; and (c) the project fee of any single project shall not exceed the term limit as set in the request Request for proposalProposal. Any unused amounts from any contract term may be carried forward. Competitive negotiations for such contracts may result in awards to more than one offeror provided the request Request for proposal Proposal stated the potential for a multivendor multi-vendor award. Multiphase professional services contracts satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution for environmental, location, design, design and inspection work regarding construction of infrastructure projects may be negotiated and awarded based on qualifications at a fair and reasonable price for the first phase only, when completion of the earlier phases is necessary to provide information critical to the negotiation of a fair and reasonable price for succeeding phases. Prior to the procurement of any such contract, the Institution shall state the anticipated intended total scope of the project and determine in writing that the nature of the work is such that the best interests of such Institution require awarding the contract.

Procurement of professional services. The procurement of professional services for capital 1235 projects shall be conducted using a qualification-based selection process. The Institution shall engage in 1236 individual discussions with two or more offerors deemed fully qualified, responsible, and suitable on the 1237 basis of initial responses and with emphasis on professional competence, to provide the required 1238 services. Repetitive informal interviews shall be permissible. The offerors shall be encouraged to 1239 elaborate on their qualifications and performance data or staff expertise pertinent to the proposed 1240 project, as well as alternative concepts. The request for proposal shall not, however, request that 1241 offerors furnish estimates of man-hours or cost for services. At the discussion stage, the Institution may 1242 discuss nonbinding estimates of total project costs, including, but not limited to, life-cycle costing, and 1243 where appropriate, nonbinding estimates of price for services. Proprietary information from competing 1244 offerors shall not be disclosed to the public or to competitors. At the conclusion of discussion, outlined 1245 in this subdivision, on the basis of evaluation factors published in the request for proposal and all 1246 information developed in the selection process to this point, the Institution shall select in the order of 1247 preference two or more offerors whose professional qualifications and proposed services are deemed 1248 most meritorious. Negotiations shall then be conducted, beginning with the offeror ranked first. If a 1249 contract satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution can be negotiated at a price considered fair 1250 and reasonable, the award shall be made to that offeror. Otherwise, negotiations with the offeror ranked 1251 first shall be formally terminated and negotiations conducted with the offeror ranked second, and so on 1252 until such a contract can be negotiated at a fair and reasonable price. Should the Institution determine 1253 in writing and in its sole discretion that only one offeror is fully qualified, or that one offeror is clearly 1254 1255 1256 more highly qualified and suitable than the others under consideration, a contract may be negotiated and awarded to that offeror. A contract for architectural or professional engineering services relating to construction projects may 1257 be negotiated by the Institution for multiple projects, provided (i) the projects require similar experience 1258 and expertise and (ii) the nature of the projects is clearly identified in the request for proposal. Under 1259 such contract, (a) the fair and reasonable prices, as negotiated, shall be used in determining the cost of 1260 each project performed, (b) the sum of all projects performed in one contract term shall be as set in the 1261 request for proposal, and (c) the project fee of any single project shall not exceed the term limit as set 1262 in the request for proposal. Any unused amounts from any contract term may be carried forward. 1263 1264 1265 Competitive negotiations for such contracts may result in awards to more than one offeror provided the request for proposal stated the potential for a multivendor award. Multiphase professional services contracts satisfactory and advantageous to the Institution for 1266 environmental, location, design, and inspection work regarding construction of infrastructure projects 1267 may be negotiated and awarded based on qualifications at a fair and reasonable price for the first 1268 phase only, when completion of the earlier phases is necessary to provide information critical to the 1269 negotiation of a fair and reasonable price for succeeding phases. Prior to the procurement of any such 1270 contract, the Institution shall state the anticipated intended total scope of the project and determine in writing that the nature of the work is such that the best interests of such Institution require awarding the contract.in