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

 

Concerning Public Works Contracting Procedures
  aka DB & JOC Contracting Prodedure Revision of RCW 39.10

• 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

Current Meeting Information

December 11, 2019

Location: Presentation Room
1500 Jefferson Street SE
Olympia 98504

Meeting Schedule for 2020

• February 13, 2020
• April 9, 2020 Tentative Location TBD
• May 14, 2020
• September 10, 2020
• October 8, 2020
• Wednesday, December 9, 2020

CPARB Recruitment

The Board had a number of positions that opened up during the summer of 2019.  If you are interested in applying for one of the following positions, please go to the Governor's Boards & Commissions page to apply online as soon as possible.

• General Contractors (1 position)
• Insurance\Surety\Industry - Pending
• Private Industry (1 position)

The following positions are appointed outside of the Governor's Office and must be appointed by the designated entity:

• Hospital Districts - Appointed by Assoc. WA Public Hospital Districts 

PRC Recruitment

• Recruitment Plan
• Recruitment Notice
  • Owner - Public Hospitals
  • Construction Trades Labor (2 positions expiring 6/30/2019)

• Daily Journal of Commerce, and
• Spokane Review
  (See Above for Applications to be reviewed Fall 2019)

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
• Project Review Committee (PRC has their own seperate webpage)
• Reauthoriazation 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