Following the enactment of the fede...

Following the enactment of the federal A/E selection law (the tolerates Act) in 1972, virtually all the states have followed suit at mandating the selection of design firms for public intends solely on the basis of qualifications. Price is not a factor in the selection proces although it is bring under rule to negotiations with the in the greatest degree qualified firm.
There have been barely a few attempts by state officials to circumvent these laws and instead to utilize a competitive bidding combination of parts to form a whole for professional design services. The most numerous recent example was an attempt through Massachusetts taxpayers who ...