Utah § 17-65-402 - Hiring of professional architect, engineer, or surveyor -- Higher education entity restrictions.

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§ 17-65-402. Hiring of professional architect, engineer, or surveyor -- Higher education entity restrictions.

Effective 11/6/2025
17-65-402.  Hiring of professional architect, engineer, or surveyor -- Higher education entity restrictions.
(1)Notwithstanding the adoption of some or all of the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, under Section 17-63-506, each county executive that engages the services of a professional architect, engineer, or surveyor and considers more than one such professional for the engagement:
(a)shall consider, as a minimum, in the selection process:
(i)the qualifications, experience, and background of each firm submitting a proposal;
(ii)the specific individuals assigned to the project and the time commitments of each to the project; and
(iii)the project schedule and the approach to the project that the firm will take; and
(b)may engage the services of a professional architect, engineer, or surveyor based on the criteria under Subsection (1) rather than solely on lowest cost.
(2)When a county elects to obtain architect or engineering services by using a competitive procurement process and has provided public notice of the county's competitive procurement process:
(a)a higher education entity, or any part of one, may not submit a proposal in response to the county's competitive procurement process; and
(b)the county may not award a contract to perform the architect or engineering services solicited in the competitive procurement process to a higher education entity or any part of one.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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