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2020 Op. Wash. Att'y Gen. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.sag/sagwa2020 and id is 1 raw text is: Published on Washington State (https://www.atgwagov) Home > School District Contracts To Acquire Construction Management Services, Value Engineering Reviews, Constructability Reviews, Or Building Commissioning Attorney General SCHOOLS-SCHOOL PROPERTY-DISTRICT, SCHOOL-EDUCATION-COMPETITIVE BIDDING-CONTRACTS-INTERLOCAL COOPERATION ACT-PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS-School District Contracts To Acquire Construction Management Services, Value Engineering Reviews, Constructability Reviews, Or Building Commissioning 1. School districts may enter into interlocal or interagency agreements with educational service districts for construction management services, value engineering reviews, constructability reviews, or building commissioning without seeking competitive bids if, but only if, the project's estimated cost is less than $100,000. 2. School districts are required to solicit competitive bids in order to engage in other public works, even if the school district acts through an interlocal or interagency agreement with an educational service district. April 21, 2020 The Honorable Michelle Caldier Representative, District 26 Cite As: PO Box 40600 AGO 2020 No. 1 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 Dear Representative Caldier: By email previously acknowledged, you requested an opinion on a question that we paraphrase and divide into two questions for clarity: 1. May a school district enter into an interlocal or interagency agreement with an educational service district for construction management services, value engineering reviews, constructability reviews, or building commissioning without seeking competitive bids? 2. May a school district enter into an interlocal or interagency agreement with an educational service district for other public works without seeking competitive bids? BRIEF ANSWER