The procurement process for progressive design-build projects shall progress as follows: (a) The department shall determine the scope and estimated price of the design-build project. The determination may include, but need not be limited to, the size, type, and desired design character of the project and any other information deemed necessary to describe adequately the departmentâs needs. (b) The department shall prepare and issue a request for qualifications. The request for qualifications shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following elements: (1) Identification of the basic scope and needs of the design-build project or contract, the expected cost range, the methodology that will be used by the department to evaluate qualifications, the procedure for final selection of the design-build entity, and any other information deemed necessary by the director to inform interested parties of the contracting opportunity. (2) Significant factors that the department reasonably expects to consider in evaluating qualifications, including technical design and construction expertise, and all other nonprice-related factors. The department may require that a cost estimate, including the detailed basis for the estimate, be included in the design-build entitiesâ responses and consider those costs in evaluating the statements of qualifications. (3) The relative importance or the weight assigned to each of the factors identified in the request for qualifications. (4) A request for a statement of qualifications with a template for the statement that is prepared by the department. The department shall require all of the following information in the statement and indicate, in the template, that all of the following information is required: (A) If the design-build entity is a privately held corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or joint venture, a listing of all of the design-build entityâs shareholders, partners, or members who, at the time the statement of qualification is submitted, the design-build entity knows will perform work on the design-build project if the design-build entity is selected by the department. (B) Evidence that the members of the design-build team have completed, or have demonstrated the experience, competency, capability, and capacity to complete, projects of similar size, scope, or complexity, and that proposed key personnel have sufficient experience and training to competently manage and complete the design and construction of the design-build project, and a financial statement that ensures that the design-build entity has the capacity to complete the design-build project. (C) The licenses, registration, and credentials required to design and construct the design-build project, including, but not limited to, information on the revocation or suspension of any license, credential, or registration. (D) Evidence that establishes that the design-build entity has the capacity to obtain all required payment and performance bonding, liability insurance, and errors and omissions insurance. (E) Information concerning workersâ compensation experience history and a worker safety program. (F) If the proposed design-build entity is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, or other legal entity, a copy of the organizational documents or agreement committing to form the organization. (G) An acceptable safety record. A design-build entityâs safety record shall be deemed acceptable if its experience modification rate for the most recent three-year period is an average of 1.00 or less, and its average total recordable injury or illness rate and average lost work rate for the most recent three-year period does not exceed the applicable statistical standards for its business category or if the design-build entity is a party to an alternative dispute resolution system as provided for in Section 3201.5 of the Labor Code. (H) A full disclosure regarding each of the following, if
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