(a)

1. (1) Each individual assigned to the procurement, evaluation, or monitoring during the procurement process should be required to attend training.

2. (2) It is important for each individual to understand:

   1. (A) How a D-B procurement process functions;
   2. (B) How the RFQ or RFP is organized;
   3. (C) How the evaluation and selection process should function; and
   4. (D) What their specific role and responsibilities will be in the process.
3. (3) It should be stressed that a D-B project requires a more comprehensive contract between the Arkansas Department of Transportation and the design-builder including design, control, and some administrative functions not present in a more traditional DB-B construction contract, and all aspects of the DBA are just as binding as a construction contract.
4. (4) The department should develop a training curriculum that is available to all individuals prior to their involvement in the procurement process, preferably prior to the issuance of the RFQ.

(b)

1. (1) The training should educate individuals on their respective roles and responsibilities as developers and evaluators and review procedures for each phase of the D-B procurement process including the SOQ and proposal evaluations.
2. (2) The training will present, in general form, the evaluation scoring criteria (ESC) developed for the project evaluation or evaluations and documented within the respective procurement document.

(c)

1. (1) Each person assigned to be an evaluator or evaluation observer for one (1) or more steps of the procurement process, should attend more in-depth training which should be completed prior to the evaluation of the statement of qualifications (SOQ) and the proposals provided in response to the RFQ and RFP, respectively.
2. (2) All the evaluators that participate in one (1) or more of the evaluations are referred to as members of the project evaluation team (PET).
3. (3) PET members must be integrally knowledgeable in the ESC, with an emphasis on their particular portion of the evaluation, so that the scoring among PET members is consistent in common sections and that the PET provides consistent scoring between the respective SOQ or proposals submitted.
4. (4) As part of the training, the primary risk elements should be discussed as well as how the DPT has allocated and attempted to mitigate the project risks which will be important to fully understand during the evaluation of the SOQ and proposals.