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Attachment 4 The CMar process is nearly identical to the state agency CMar requirements in Section 16C.34. Cities intending to use CMar must follow a rigorous statutory procedure in selecting and supervising the CMar’s competitive bidding requirement for qualified contractors. The CMar and contractor procurement process requires the city to form a selection 4 committee and publish a Request for CMar Qualifications (RFQ) with statutory listed criteria. The selection committee must consist of at least three persons, one of whom has “construction 5 industry experience.” From the RFQ respondents, the committee selects at least two firms to 6 receive the city’s Request for CMar Proposal (RFP). For CMar final selection, the city must employ a “scoring or trade-off evaluation method” described in the RFP and may interview the 7 “short-listed proposers.” The city may then negotiate the contract with the highest scoring CMar candidate. If an agreement cannot be reached, the city may end negotiations with that candidate and negotiate with the next highest scoring candidate. The statute includes required criteria for the CMar evaluation but preserves the city’s traditional authority to reject all proposals and to use an alternative construction process, such as the typical competitive bidding process or the 8 CMa process. City negotiation of a Guaranteed Maximum Price (“GMP”) contract is a key component of a successful CMar project. The CMar-city contract negotiation should include a construction industry expert to assist the city on terms such as the size and CMar’s use of project contingency and allowances, circumstances allowing an increase to the GMP, and regular CMar reporting requirements on project cost and schedule. The selected CMar must “competitively bid all trade contract work for the project from a list 9 The statute provides no further detail on what constitutes an of qualified \[contractor\] firms.” acceptable competitive bidding process. The competitive bidding must be carried out among a 2 Qbhf!33!pg!6: