1. A. Any board of education of a school district may use construction management as a project delivery method for the building, altering, repairing, improving, maintaining or demolishing any structure or appurtenance thereto, or any other improvement to real property owned by that school district. For purposes of this section "construction management" shall be defined as set forth in Section 202 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall include both agency construction management and at-risk construction management.
2. B. A school district shall select a construction manager based on the professional qualifications and technical experience of the construction manager. Selection criteria shall include the experience of the candidate, past performance, and certification of the company or individuals within the company of their knowledge of recognized standards of construction, construction management and project management. Recognition of the company as a qualified construction manager by the Department of Central Services pursuant to Section 62 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may be considered in evaluating the qualifications of a prospective construction manager by a school district.
3. C. Construction management contracts, for both agency construction management and at-risk construction management, entered into by a school district pursuant to this section shall not be considered a public construction contract pursuant to Section 102 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall not be subject to competitive bidding requirements as set forth in the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974.
4. D. All construction contracts or subcontracts for work to be performed for any school district pursuant to a construction management project delivery method shall be awarded in accordance with the provisions of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974. If a construction manager at-risk wishes to self-perform portions of the construction work to be performed, the construction manager at-risk may self-perform portions of the work provided the construction manager at-risk competitively bids the work under the same terms and conditions as the other bidders and the construction manager at-risk is the lowest responsible bidder for the construction subcontract. No work shall commence until the school district executes a written contract and the contractor and subcontractors submit bonds and proofs of insurance as required by the appropriate contract.

Laws 2002, HB 2889, c. 414, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 2002.