POLICY OBJECTIVE

To administer public works contracts under the authority given the Trustees in the Public Contract Code including those sections, referred to as The California State University (CSU) Contract Law.

POLICY STATEMENT

9211 REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

In order to establish a written record of design professional performance, the campus shall conduct an evaluation of each service provided in connection with a public work (contractor and professional).

An Evaluation Report---Public Works shall be prepared on all contracts where the total cost exceeds $10,000. The person preparing the report (the evaluator) should be an individual with direct knowledge of the professional consultant’s performance. This report shall be maintained in the project files and shall include:
• Cost estimation
• Adherence to time schedule
• Cooperation with campus, consulting architect, and other architects
• Quality of technical work, as measured in part by the number and cost of change orders attributed to architects' errors and omissions in the contract documents
• Quality of professional service and of the product delivered

APPLICABILITY AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

REVISION HISTORY

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COGNIZANT OFFICE(S)

CO Manager:

Nancy Freelander-Paice
Executive Program & Fiscal Manager, CPDC AVC Office
CSU Office of the Chancellor
nfreelander-paice@calstate.edu

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