An act TO AMEND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-GENERAL 10 CONTRACTOR METHOD OF PROCUREMENT PILOT PROGRAM, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas        A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            HOUSE BILL 1605

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5 By: Representative Wing

6 By: Senator J. Bryant

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8                          For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-GENERAL

10  CONTRACTOR METHOD OF PROCUREMENT PILOT PROGRAM; TO

11  MAKE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-GENERAL CONTRACTOR

12  METHOD OF PROCUREMENT PROGRAM PERMANENT FOR THE STATE

13  HIGHWAY COMMISSION; TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN

14  INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT STUDY OF THE CONSTRUCTION

15  MANAGER-GENERAL CONTRACTOR METHOD OF PROCUREMENT; AND

16  FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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19                         Subtitle

20                       TO AMEND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-

21                       GENERAL CONTRACTOR METHOD OF PROCUREMENT

22                       PILOT PROGRAM TO TO MAKE THE

23                       CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-GENERAL CONTRACTOR

24                       METHOD OF PROCUREMENT PROGRAM PERMANENT

25                       FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.

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27 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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29  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 19-11-1401 is amended to read as follows:

30  19-11-1401. Title.

31  This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Construction

32 Manager-General Contractor Method of Procurement Pilot Program".

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34  SECTION 2. Arkansas Code � 19-11-1404 is amended to read as follows:

35  19-11-1404. Construction Manager-General Contractor Method of

36 Procurement Pilot Program -- Creation.

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1       (a) The State Highway Commission may develop a Construction Manager-

2 General Contractor Method of Procurement Pilot Program to test the

3 utilization of the construction manager-general contractor method as a cost-

4 effective option for constructing transportation projects.

5       (b)(1)(A) For the first phase of the program, the commission may

6 select a total of five (5) transportation projects on which to utilize the

7 construction manager-general contractor method.

8                   (B)(i) The sum of the construction cost estimates prepared

9 as required under � 19-11-1407 of all five (5) construction manager-general

10 contractor method transportation projects selected under subdivision

11 (b)(1)(A) of this section shall not exceed two hundred million dollars

12 ($200,000,000).

13                          (ii) A construction cost estimate of a construction

14 manager-general contractor method transportation project selected under

15 subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section shall not exceed one hundred million

16 dollars ($100,000,000).

17      (2)(A) For the second phase of the program, beginning on August

18 1, 2023, the commission may select a total of five (5) additional

19 transportation projects that are not currently in the procurement process on

20 which to utilize the construction manager-general contractor method.

21                  (B)(i) The sum of the construction cost estimates prepared

22 as required under � 19-11-1407 of all five (5) construction manager-general

23 contractor method transportation projects selected under subdivision

24 (b)(2)(A) of this section shall not exceed five hundred million dollars

25 ($500,000,000).

26                          (ii) A construction cost estimate of a construction

27 manager-general contractor method transportation project selected under

28 subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall not exceed one hundred fifty

29 million dollars ($150,000,000).

30      (c) The Director of State Highways and Transportation shall send

31 written notice identifying the transportation project and the reasons for

32 deciding to apply the construction manager-general contractor method to that

33 specific transportation project to:

34      (1) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Transportation;

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36      (2) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Transportation,

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1 Technology, and Legislative Affairs.

2   (d) The program established under this subchapter shall terminate no

3 later than June 30, 2026.

4   (b) The commission may use the Construction Manager-General Contractor

5 Method of Procurement Program for any transportation project for which the

6 construction cost estimate prepared under � 19-11-1407 does not exceed three

7 hundred million dollars ($300,000,000).

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9   SECTION 3. Uncodified Acts 2023, No. 823, � 3, is repealed.

10  SECTION 3. DO NOT CODIFY. Study of benefits and costs.

11  (a) The Director of the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall

12 provide an independent consultant study that compares the benefits and costs

13 for projects using the construction manager-general contractor method of

14 procurement versus the traditional design build delivery method of

15 procurement.

16  (b) The study required under subsection (a) of this section shall be

17 submitted to the Arkansas Legislative Audit for review.

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