Public Procurement Category
Blowing the Whistle on Public Construction and the False Claims Act
By Bryan Kelley on January 25, 2017
Contractors hoping to take advantage of incoming infrastructure spending should implement False Claims Act protections now. While promises made during a presidential campaign can’t always be taken to the bank, the construction industry is nonetheless preparing for a rise in federally-funded projects based on the Trump campaign’s promise of increased infrastructure spending. Contractors taking on this work… Read more
The 2015 South Carolina OSE Manual – Invitation for Professional Services (Form SE-210) Gets a Facelift
By Leslie Sullivan on June 28, 2016
The OSE gave its form SE-210 – Invitation for Professional Services – a facelift in the 2015 update of the OSE Manual. Take a look at the old form, compared to the new version. While the appearance of SE-210 is improved, there aren’t a whole lot of substantive changes. Mainly, they’ve added information to call… Read more
The 2015 South Carolina OSE: Small Change in Design-Bid-Build Contract Administration
By Leslie Sullivan on June 20, 2016
It’s pretty much business as usual under the newly updated Chapter 7 in the Office of State Engineer’s (“OSE”) Manual for the Planning and Execution of State Permanent Improvements Part II, which sets out the contract administration procedures for traditional design-bid-build projects. With a few exceptions, basic contract administration remains the same as under the previous… Read more
The 2015 South Carolina OSE Manual – New Contractual Requirements for Design Professionals
By Leslie Sullivan on June 10, 2016
The State Engineer has updated the SE-225 Conditions of Service to be used with the AIA B101-2007 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect. Formerly titled “Article 12 – Other Conditions or Services,” the New SE-225 has a few significant changes from its predecessor document. The first and most significant change is that SE-225 completely… Read more
The 2015 South Carolina OSE Manual – No New Guidance on CM-at-Risk or Design-Build Contract Administration
By Leslie Sullivan on June 3, 2016
Back in 2008, the South Carolina legislature enacted changes to the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code. These changes allowed state agencies the use of additional project delivery methods for state construction projects including design-build, design-builder-operate and maintain, design-builder-finance-operate and maintain, and construction management at-risk. (2008 S.C. Acts 174). The State Fiscal Accountability Authority (formerly the… Read more
30 New Forms Adopted for State IDC Procurement
By Leslie Sullivan on May 24, 2016
In the Office of State Engineer’s (“OSE”) newly released 2015 Edition of the OSE Manual for the Planning and Execution of State Permanent Improvements Part II, Rev. 1/2016, the State Engineer adopts 30 new forms for use in the bidding and administration of indefinite delivery contracts (“IDC”). IDC’s are those contracts for professional services or… Read more
The 2015 South Carolina OSE Manual – Bidding as Usual
By Leslie Sullivan on May 16, 2016
When I learned Chapter 6 in the Office of State Engineer’s Manual for the Planning and Execution of State Permanent Improvements Part II went from 20 pages in the 2011 edition to 17 pages in the 2015 edition, I expected to see significant changes between the two editions. However, the changes are only skin deep,… Read more
Liquidated Damages Under the 2015 South Carolina OSE Manual
By Leslie Sullivan on May 11, 2016
How many of you have had projects where there are quite a few smaller change order requests but the architect wants to wait until the end of the project to write one big change order to cover everything at once? (Yeah, we all know it is not supposed to be done that way, but it… Read more
The 2015 South Carolina OSE Manual: More Paperwork Required to Tear it Down
By Leslie Sullivan on May 9, 2016
The State Engineer has to approve the demolition of any state-owned building or other improvement to real property. In 2011, the OSE Manual required the agency to provide four pieces of information when the agency requests approval for demolition. In the 2015 OSE Manual update, the necessary information has doubled. Previously the agency had to… Read more
The South Carolina OSE Manual – an Introduction to the 2015 Edition
By Leslie Sullivan on May 5, 2016
This post is the first in a series of posts by Elmore Goldsmith attorney Leslie Sullivan, which will examine recent changes to the 2015 edition of the South Carolina Manual for Planning and Execution of State Permanent Improvements. The manual can be found in its entirety here. I started my career as an on-site manager for… Read more