Ohio Revised Code|Section 153.65 | Professional design services definitions.

                                                
As used in sections 153.65 to 153.73 of the  Revised Code: 
(A)(1) "Public authority" means the state, a state  institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of  the Revised Code, a county, township, municipal corporation,  school district, or other political subdivision, or any public  agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special  purpose district of the state or of a political subdivision.
(2) "Public authority" does not include the director of  transportation when exercising the director's authority to prepare  plans for, acquire rights-of-way for, construct, or maintain  roads, highways, or bridges.
(B) "Professional design firm" means any person legally  engaged in rendering professional design services.
(C) "Professional design services" means services within the  scope of practice of an architect or landscape architect  registered under Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code or a  professional engineer or surveyor registered under Chapter 4733.  of the Revised Code.
(D) "Qualifications" means all of the following:
(1)(a) For a professional design firm, competence to perform  the required professional design services as indicated by the  technical training, education, and experience of the firm's  personnel, especially the technical training, education, and  experience of the employees within the firm who would be assigned  to perform the services;
(b) For a design-build firm, competence to perform the  required design-build services as indicated by the technical  training, education, and experience of the design-build firm's  personnel and key consultants, especially the technical training,  education, and experience of the employees and consultants of the  design-build firm who would be assigned to perform the services,  including the proposed architect or engineer of record.
(2) Ability of the firm in terms of its workload and the  availability of qualified personnel, equipment, and facilities to  perform the required professional design services or design-build  services competently and expeditiously;
(3) Past performance of the firm as reflected by the  evaluations of previous clients with respect to such factors as  control of costs, quality of work, and meeting of deadlines;
(4) Any other relevant factors as determined by the public  authority;
(5) With respect to a design-build firm, compliance with  sections 4703.182, 4703.332, and 4733.16 of the Revised Code,  including the use of a licensed design professional for all design  services.
(E) "Design-build contract" means a contract between a public  authority and another person that obligates the person to provide  design-build services.
(F) "Design-build firm" means a person capable of providing  design-build services.
(G) "Design-build services" means services that form an  integrated delivery system for which a person is responsible to a  public authority for both the design and construction, demolition,  alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a public improvement.
(H) "Architect or engineer of record" means the architect or  engineer that serves as the final signatory on the plans and  specifications for the design-build project.
(I) "Criteria architect or engineer" means the architect or  engineer retained by a public authority to prepare conceptual  plans and specifications, to assist the public authority in  connection with the establishment of the design criteria for a  design-build project, and, if requested by the public authority,  to serve as the representative of the public authority and  provide, during the design-build project, other design and  construction administration services on behalf of the public  authority, including but not limited to, confirming that the  design prepared by the design-build firm reflects the original  design intent established in the design criteria package.
(J) "Open book pricing method" means a method in which a  design-build firm provides the public authority, at the public  authority's request, all books, records, documents, contracts,  subcontracts, purchase orders, and other data in its possession  pertaining to the bidding, pricing, or performance of a contract  for design-build services awarded to the design-build firm.