Amend SB 1215 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 2269.361, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(a)  A governmental entity shall request proposals from design-build firms identified under Section 2269.359(c).  A response to a request for detailed proposals must be submitted on or before the earlier of the time for submission as requested by the governmental entity or [firm must submit a proposal not later than] the 180th day after the date the governmental entity makes a public request for the proposals from the selected firms.  The request for proposals must include:

(1)  a design criteria package;

(2)  if the project site is identified, a geotechnical baseline report or other information that provides the design-build firm minimum geotechnical design parameters to submit a proposal;

(3)  detailed instructions for preparing the technical proposal and the items to be included, including a description of the form and level of completeness of drawings expected; [and]

(4)  the relative weighting of the technical and price proposals and the formula by which the proposals will be evaluated and ranked; and

(5)  a statement that the project is subject to Chapter 59, Business & Commerce Code.

SECTION ____.  Section 2269.361, Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a contract awarded on or after the effective date of this Act in which solicitation responses were due after June 21, 2017.