Louisiana § RS 48:255.8 - A+B bidding; authority
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§ RS 48:255.8. A+B bidding; authority
A. The legislature declares it to be in the public interest that in order to increase efficiency and expediency in the construction of state highways, the Department of Transportation and Development may employ the A+B bidding method for road and highway construction projects or other best project delivery method practices.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, on or after July 1, 2025, the department shall evaluate use of the A+B bidding method for projects meeting one or more of the following criteria:
(1) The project is located on a roadway with average daily traffic greater than twenty thousand.
(2) The estimated time to complete the project is greater than three hundred sixty-five calendar days.
(3) The estimated cost to construct the project is greater than ten million dollars.
(4) The project will be constructed in multiple phases.
C. For purposes of this Section, "A+B bidding" means the cost-plus-time bidding method where the total bid is the sum of the traditional contract unit price items "A" and the estimated time to complete the project "B", with the lowest combined total determining the winning bid.
Acts 2025, No. 337, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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