45A.830 Copies of proposed contracts to be made available to selection committee - Certifications to be made upon negotiation of contract -- Filing with Government Contract Review Committee. (1) For architectural, engineering, and engineering-related construction services procured under KRS 45A.180 and 45A.825, the procuring officer shall make available a copy of the proposed contract to each member of the selection committee involved in the procurement process for that contract after the procuring officer has negotiated an architectural, engineering, or engineering-related services contract for the Finance and Administration Cabinet or an engineering or engineering-related services contract for the Transportation Cabinet, but before the contract is submitted to the Government Contract Review Committee. (2) For architectural, engineering, and engineering-related construction services procured under KRS 45A.180 and 45A.825, the secretary of the procuring agency, the procuring officer, and each voting member of the selection committee shall sign separate certificates, devised by the procuring agency, that shall provide the signatory with the option of certifying that, to the best of his knowledge, he is either aware or unaware of circumstances that may constitute a violation of this chapter occurring in the procurement process. Any employee of the Auditor of Public Accounts, who served as a nonvoting member of the selection committee and who attended any committee proceeding, may participate in the preparation of a report for filing with the Government Contract Review Committee certifying that the applicable procedural provisions of subsections (4), (6), (7), and (8) of KRS 45A.825 were or were not met. Before filing the report, the employee or employees who participated in its preparation shall sign it. (3) For architectural, engineering, and engineering-related construction services procured under KRS 45A.180 and 45A.825, the procuring agency shall maintain the following information, readily available to the Government Contract Review Committee upon request: (a) The certificates; (b) The selection committee's ranking of firms; and (c) A statement affirming that responding firms in all regions of the Commonwealth were given equal consideration for selection. Effective: June 24, 2003 History: Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 13, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 20, effective July 15, 1998; ch. 319, sec. 7, effective April 3, 1998; and ch. 486, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1994. – Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 55, sec. 7, effective July 14, 1992.