BILL NUMBER: S5266
SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to authorize, for certain public works undertaken pursuant to
project labor agreements, use of the alternative delivery method known
as design-build contracts; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To authorize counties with a population of one million or more to use
the alternative delivery method known as design-build contracts
 
JUSTIFICATION:
In 2019, seven New York City agencies received authorization to utilize
"design-build" project delivery (as opposed to "design-bid-build")
through the Public Works Investment Act (PWIA). Design-build consol-
idates projects into one point of responsibility, merging the design and
construction phases under a single contract with a single entity. West-
chester County believes this novel strategy would allow it to save money
and deliver an enhanced level of quality on forthcoming projects.
Under the current design-bid-build model, the "design" and "build"
components of a project are barred from collaboration, slowing project
schedules, increasing costs, and resulting in lower quality in final
completed projects. New York City is required to provide annual reports
on design-build projects, including short lists and proposers, cost
savings, time savings and MWBE utilization within the project. Westches-
ter County is willing to provide this information as well. We intend to
work closely with organized labor representatives in implementing this
program.
In order to save to taxpayer money and implement a more logistically
robust project delivery system, Westchester requests authorization from
New York State to utilize design-build.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: S8174 - Referred to Procurement and Contracts
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed three years after such date, provided that, public works with
requests for qualifications issued prior to such repeal shall be permit-
ted to continue under this act notwithstanding such repeal.