The 2005 Legislature created the Capital Projects Advisory Review Board (CPARB) under ESHB 1830 (RCW 39.10) to review alternative public works contracting procedures and provide guidance to state policymakers on ways to further enhance the quality, efficiency and accountability of public works contracting methods. CPARB and many stakeholders contributed to significant changes to RCW 39.10 that the 2007 Legislature enacted.

Governor's Boards & Commissions - CPARB Info

Legislation of Interest

Legislative Activity on Bills of Interest

• Bill Status Report - February 2020
• CPARB Informational Thank You to Senator Karen Keiser (1/17/2020)
• Letter from Senator Phil Fortunato (1/13/2020)
• CPARB Response to Senator Phil Fortunato (1/21/2020)

• SHB 1295 Summary of Changes Re: Design-Build Procurement (7/28/2019) - New
• SHB 1295 Signed by the Governor 4/30/2019 - JPG

   Please email ALL submissions to CPARB@des.wa.gov

Next Meeting:  October 8, 2020  8:00 am

** Pre-Reads due September 28th**

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Pre-Reads:

• Agenda
• Minutes from 9/10/2020 - Pending
• CPARB's Performance Summary Report to JLARC
• Budget Analysis

PRC Position Appointments:

• Owner-Public Hospitals (currently vacant)
  • Curt Gimmestad Letter of Interest
  • PRC Recommendation to appoint Curt Gimmestad
• (2) Construction Trades Labor (currently vacant)

Committee Reports:

• Project Reveiw Committee
• Reauthorization Committee
• Local Government Public Works Study Committee
• Business Equity\Diverse Business Inclusion Committee
• Board Development Committee

Meetings Scheduled for 2020

• October 8, 2020 - Online
• Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - Online

Proposed Meeting Dates for 2021

• February 11, 2021
• May 13, 2021
• September 9, 2021
• October 14, 2021
• December 9, 2021

CPARB Recruitment

• Cities
• Enterprise Services
• General Contractor
• Higher Education
• Insurance/Surety/Industry
• Specialty Contractors

PRC Recruitment

• Recruitment Plan
• Recruitment Notice - Also included on the PRC Homepage
  • Owner-Public Hospitals (currently vacant)
    • Curt Gimmestad Letter of Interest
    • PRC Recommendation to appoint Curt Gimmestad
  • (2) Construction Trades Labor (currently vacant)

• Daily Journal of Commerce, and
• Spokesman-Review

Current Committees

• Board Development Committee
• Business Equity\Diverse Business Inclusion Committee
• Data Collection Implementation Committee
• Design-Build Statute Review Committee
• Education\Outreach Workgroup
• GC/CM Committee
• JOC Evaluation Committee
• Local Government Public Works Study Committee
• Project Review Committee (PRC has their own separate webpage)
• Reauthoriazation Committee
• Subcontractor Bid Listing Policy Evaluation Committee

Member Contact Matrix

Bylaws, Guidelines & Reports

Through extensive stakeholder involvement with committees, CPARB has:

• Recommended 21 public works bills (2 pending approval 2019) to the Legislature that address quality, efficiency, and accountability of traditional and alternative public works contracting, of which 12 passed into new law:

• Major and minor improvements to alternative public works contracting, RCW 39.10:
  • Design-Build (DB), including allowing “progressive design-build” selection with price factors without designs submitted
  • General Contractor/Construction Manager (GC/CM), including allowing an alternative selection process for mechanical and electrical subcontractors, adding heavy civil project procedures, and addressing protests
  • Job Order Contracting (JOC), including increasing work order limit to $350k, increasing annual limits to $6M for King Co. and DES, and adding public bodies that can use the process
• Responsible bidder criteria (added mandatory criteria into law and provided guidelines for using Supplemental bidder responsibility criteria) RCW 39.04.350
• Timely processing & payment of undisputed claims (change orders) RCW 39.04.360
• Increasing Small Works Roster project dollar limits & added provisions for small business

• Performed studies and publish reports for the Legislature and Other's Use.
• Discussed various improvements including: Small Business Opportunities, Responsibility/Eligibility, Job Order Contracting, Reauthorization, Heavy Civil GC/CM, and Life Cycle Cost Analysis & Energy Efficiency, Integrated project delivery and Best Value methods, ECCM/MCCM Best Practices

Sunset Reviews by JLARC: 2013 & 2021 (expiration years, so sunset review typically takes place ~ 1 year before this.)

Web updates and questions can be sent to CPARB@des.wa.gov