A Bill To Authorize Funds For Federal-Aid Highways, Highway Safety Programs, And Transit Programs, And For Other Purposes - 114th Congress 1st Session Page 527

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mental Policy Act 1969 and relevant Federal envi-
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ronmental permits.
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‘‘(g) P
P
.—
ROJECT
ROCUREMENT
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‘‘(1) I
.—The Bureau shall promote
N GENERAL
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best practices in procurement for a project receiving
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assistance under a program identified in subsection
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(d)(1) by developing, in coordination with the Fed-
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eral Highway Administration and other modal agen-
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cies as appropriate, procurement benchmarks in
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order to ensure accountable expenditure of Federal
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assistance over the life cycle of such project.
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‘‘(2) P
.—The pro-
ROCUREMENT BENCHMARKS
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curement benchmarks developed under paragraph
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(1) shall, to the maximum extent practicable—
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‘‘(A) establish maximum thresholds for ac-
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ceptable project cost increases and delays in
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project delivery;
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‘‘(B) establish uniform methods for States
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to measure cost and delivery changes over the
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life cycle of a project; and
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‘‘(C) be tailored, as necessary, to various
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types of project procurements, including design-
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bid-build, design-build, and public private part-
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nerships.
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