Oklahoma § 61-204 - Office of Management and Enterprise Services - Duties

§ 61-204. Office of Management and Enterprise Services - Duties

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall:

1. Review and approve all construction plans and specifications

to ensure compliance with good construction practices and space

standards, costs of project, proposed construction timetables, and

agency need for the project;

2. Inspect prior to acceptance and final payment all completed

projects for which the Office issued bid solicitations to ensure

compliance with the plans and specifications of the project;

3. Select and hire consultants and construction managers for

projects as determined or approved by the Office. The Office shall

select, award and execute contracts to consultants and construction

managers that provide services to state agencies subject to this

act;

4. Develop and issue solicitations for award of state agency

contracts for construction services. The Office shall have final

approval authority for contracts and contract documents. Neither

the Office nor any public entity shall, for performance of work that

requires that a contractor be licensed by this state, issue a

solicitation to, or make a contract with, a contractor not licensed

by this state;

5. Review inspections performed by consultants and construction

managers during construction, perform primary inspections when

consultants or construction managers are not used, and final

inspections after completion;

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6. Establish standards and policies as required to standardize

facility assessment and benchmarking, facility operations and

maintenance, asset preservation, design and energy standards, space

utilization, material testing, indexes of efficiency, economy, and

effectiveness;

7. Monitor indices of facility condition, effectiveness of

operations and maintenance programs, deferred maintenance

prioritization, effectiveness of planning processes, budgeting for

capital needs, application of facility standards as established by

the Office, and performance outcomes of construction projects to

ensure maximum efficiency in the expenditure of state funds for

asset management and preservation of the state's capital real

property;

8. Coordinate, monitor and report on statewide energy

conservation programs delegated to the Office;

9. Provide property leasing and brokerage services delegated to

the Office;

10. Report fraud or waste in any construction project by

written notification with documentation for the report to the

Attorney General. The Attorney General shall take appropriate

action to protect the interest of the state; and

11. Prequalify as good and sufficient insurance carriers,

bonding companies and surety companies to meet provisions of

Sections 1 and 134 of this title. The Director shall promulgate

rules to establish criteria to determine whether a carrier or

company is good and sufficient. The prequalification requirement

and process shall not violate the provisions of Section 135 of this

title.

B. When a state agency employs a licensed architect or licensed

engineer as a full-time employee, said licensed employee may conduct

required facility planning, prepare project plans and specifications

and monitor construction work as prescribed by the Office. State

agencies authorized to employ licensed architects and engineers for

the purposes of this section include:

1. The Department of Transportation with respect to highways,

bridges and dams;

2. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and its

constituent institutions;

3. The Military Department of the State of Oklahoma;

4. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department; and

5. The Department of Human Services.

Added by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 172, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by

Laws 1984, c. 279, § 13, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 294,

§ 10, emerg. eff. July 24, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 301, § 22, operative

July 1, 1986; Laws 1988, c. 319, § 11, eff. Sept. 30, 1988; Laws

1998, c. 364, § 17, emerg. eff. June 8, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 363, §

16, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 294, § 29, eff. Nov. 1,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 61. Public Buildings and Public Works

2002; Laws 2003, c. 277, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 271,

§ 29, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2012, c. 184, § 2; Laws 2013, c. 15, §

50, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013; Laws 2013, c. 302, § 10, eff. Nov. 1,

2013; Laws 2022, c. 238, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.

NOTE: Laws 2012, c. 304, § 321 repealed by Laws 2013, c. 15, § 51,

emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.