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Committee advances measure to require upfront disclosure of bidder fees in public procurement
Summary
The Senate State Affairs Committee voted to send RS32282 to print after Sen. Doug Ricks said the proposal would require that certain consultant fees be disclosed and factored into bid scoring so school districts and other public entities know fuller project costs up front.
The Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday advanced RS32282, a proposal introduced by Sen. Doug Ricks, R‑District 34, that would require procurement solicitations to disclose selected consultant and professional-service fees up front and to count those fees in bid scoring.
The proposal targets fees added by engineering, architectural, landscape architectural, construction management and land‑surveying firms after a bidder is selected. "The school district doesn't really know exactly what the total cost is gonna be because that is not disclosed upfront," Ricks said while describing how…
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