(a)
- (1) To ensure an equitable opportunity for all practicing design professionals and in accordance with the Building Authority Division Act, Arkansas Code § 22-2-101 et seq., the Building Authority Division has initiated the following procedures that shall be followed to select firms or individuals to perform professional services for capital improvement projects.
- (2) All departments except as exempted by law are required to use the MSC.
- (b) Departments shall comply with the Department of Shared Administrative Services, Office of State Procurement guidelines and policies in the development of requests for qualifications, structure of evaluation committees, and evaluation of responses in the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of design professional under this part.
- (c) Any reference to the words “the section” within this part shall mean the Design Review Section.