(a)

1. (1) The selected short-list proposer (design-builder) must meet the requirements of the progress payment process established in the RFP.
2. (2) Each proposal must include a schedule of values (SOV) in the price proposal.
3. (3) After selection of the design-builder, the Arkansas Department of Transportation should further review, and negotiate as necessary, issues pertaining to the SOV with the design-builder prior to issuance of NTP1 resulting in the department approval of the SOV.
4. (4) The progress payment requests should be reviewed for conformance to the DBA requirements, against the actual completion to date, and conformance with the approved SOV.

(b)

1. (1) The progress payment reporting process should also include provisions for updating the current project schedule with each payment request and tracking the percentages of disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation in comparison to the design-builder DBE utilization plan presented in the proposal.
2. (2) The design-builder should normally prepare the progress payment requests on a monthly basis, which should be reviewed for progress verification as outlined in the DBA.