The following are minimum qualifications required for design professionals desiring to contract for design services with the state:

1. (1) All design professionals shall demonstrate their capability to perform the design of the project to the satisfaction of the selection committee;
2. (2) All design professionals, except for geotechnical engineers, whether prime or serving as consultants to the prime, shall have in force professional and general liability insurance in the amounts shown in 22 CAR §§ 111-312 and 111-313 and proof of compliance shall be attached to all standard professional services contracts; and

3. (3)

   1. (A) All design professionals, whether prime or serving as consultants to the prime, shall be licensed in their respective disciplines in Arkansas or shall be capable of being licensed and shall do so immediately in accordance with their respective licensing entities, if awarded the project.
   2. (B) Bid documents shall not be released to bidders without a design professional’s Arkansas registration stamp or seal and signature as evidence of compliance.