(a)

1. (1) Where applicable, the department and the design professional may jointly agree to a fixed limit of construction cost as a condition of a standard professional services contract between the department and the design professional (or on the project assignment form or letter for projects executed under multiple-project type contracts).
2. (2) If such a fixed limit has been established, the design professional and the department will cooperate to mutually agree with the Design Review Section on contingencies for design, bid climate and price escalation, on building program scope, construction materials, equipment, component systems, and types of construction to be included in the contract documents.

(b)

1. (1) The fixed limit of construction cost shall be included with all plan review submittals to the Design Review Section.
2. (2) The fixed limit of cost shall be stated in bold letters on the cover sheet of all documents submitted for review.
3. (3) The cost shall be stated in the following manner, “FIXED LIMIT OF CONSTRUCTION COST = [enter dollar amount]”.
4. (4) This statement shall be removed from the documents prior to publishing for bids.
5. (5) Budgetary concerns by all parties shall be resolved during program review and the schematic design phase, before the first plan review submittal to the Design Review Section.