OAR 137-048-0100
Application
(1)
The Attorney General is required to prepare and maintain model rules of procedure that govern Public Contracting under the Public Contracting Code and that are appropriate for use by all Contracting Agencies. These division 48 rules apply to the screening and selection of Architects, Engineers, Photogrammetrists, Transportation Planners, Land Surveyors and providers of Related Services, under Contracts and set forth the following procedures:(a)
Procedures through which Contracting Agencies select Consultants to perform Architectural, Engineering, Photogrammetric Mapping, Transportation Planning or Land Surveying Services, or Related Services; and(b)
Two-tiered procedures for selection of Architects, Engineers, Photogrammetrists, Transportation Planners, Land Surveyors and providers of Related Services for certain public improvements owned and maintained by a Local Government.(2)
These division 48 rules apply to any Contracting Agency with independent contracting authority that is seeking the services of a Consultant to perform Architectural, Engineering, Photogrammetric Mapping, Transportation Planning or Land Surveying Services, or Related Services, if the Contracting Agency has not adopted its own rules of procedure for the screening and selection of Consultants to perform Architectural, Engineering, Photogrammetric Mapping, Transportation Planning or Land Surveying Services or Related Services, as provided in ORS 279A.065 (Model rules generally)(a).(3)
The dollar threshold amounts that are applicable to the Direct Appointment Procedure, 137-048-0200 (Direct Appointment Procedure), the Informal Selection Procedure, 137-048-0210 (Informal Selection Procedure), and the Formal Selection Procedure, 137-048-0220 (Formal Selection Procedure), are independent from and have no effect on the dollar threshold amounts that trigger the legal sufficiency review requirement for State Contracting Agencies under ORS 291.047 (Public contract approval by Attorney General).
Source:
Rule 137-048-0100 — Application, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=137-048-0100.