- Procurement & monitoring was all good, Standardizing the contracts is not.
- Standardizing design build contracts will “foster uniformity and potential efficiency”
- 11 specific issues were identifiied linked to the lack of TXDOT uniformity in contracts:
- addenda to the requests for qualifications and RFPs were not always approved
- review of qualification statements and proposals did not always include completing individual scoring worksheets
- no evidence of past performance of a contractor
- no consistent document retention
- no process for adjusting price proposals
- no process for reprocurement when a project has significantly changed
- no template for design build contracts
- no policy to ensure that “that descriptive information related to the alternative technical concepts is redacted”
- no process to ensure segregation in the membershi of evaluating committees
- no standard policy for a a postmortem review
SAO | An Audit Report on Selected Design-build Contracts at the Department of Transportation | Report Number 16-037