The procurement process for progressive design-build projects shall progress as follows: (a) The local agency shall prepare and issue a request for qualifications in order to select a design-build entity to execute the project. The request for qualifications shall include, but is not limited to, the following elements: (1) Documentation of the size, type, and desired design character of the project and any other information deemed necessary to describe adequately the local agencyâs needs, including the expected cost range, the methodology that will be used by the local agency to evaluate the design-build entityâs qualifications, the procedure for final selection of the design-build entity, and any other information deemed necessary by the local agency to inform interested parties of the contracting opportunity. (2) Significant factors that the local agency reasonably expects to consider in evaluating qualifications, including technical design and construction expertise, and all other non-price-related factors. The local agency may require that a preliminary cost 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 standard template request for statements of qualifications prepared by the local agency. In preparing the standard template, the local agency may consult with the construction industry, the building trades and surety industry, and other local agencies interested in using the authorization provided by this chapter. The template shall require the following information: (A) If the design-build entity is a privately held corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or joint venture, a listing of all of the entityâs shareholders, partners, or members known at the time of the statement of qualification submission who will perform work on the project. (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 project, and a financial statement that ensures that the design-build entity has the capacity to complete the project. (C) The licenses, registration, and credentials required to design and construct the 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 proposerâs 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 proposer is a party to an alternative dispute resolution system as provided for in Section 3201.5 of the Labor Code. (5) The information required under this subdivision shall be certified under penalty of perjury by the design-build entity and its general partners or joint venture members. (b) (1) A design-build entity shall not be evaluated for selection unless the entity provides an enforc
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