Qualifications Based Selection
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NYSQBS Council
14 N. Marvine Ave.
Auburn, NY 13021
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Downloadable Resources
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12/14/00 - NYS School Construction Conference
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The New York State QBS Council announced today that the Council participated in a presentation to over 350 NYS School, Construction Management and Design Professional representatives in Albany on November 28,2000.
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12/20/99 - New York State QBS Council
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The New York State Qualification Based Selection(QBS) Council is expanding its representation by forming regional QBS councils throughout NYS.
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10/25/04 - Quality Based Selection Web Site Explores Project Cost Savings and Efficiency
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If you are looking for ways to incorporate efficiency and cost savings into your projects, there is a new information source to explore. The QBS Council of NYS has launched a new web site, www.nysqbs.org, where you can learn how Quality Based Selection improved quality (safety, functionality, maintainability, and life-cycle costs) and results in long-term savings for public and private projects.
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All A/E Contracts Must Be Awarded under QBS Procedures, Say Federal Procurement Officials
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have adopted a final rule that states all architectural and engineering services contracts awarded to the private sector by the federal government must be done under the procedures of the Brooks Architect-Engineers Act of 1972.
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10/30/02 - DPCLI Designated Local Representative for QBS Council
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The Design Professional's Coalition of Long Island has been designated as a regional center for the New York State QBS Council (www.nysqbs.org).
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1/22/01 - Clients Police the Engineering Field
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"Can I see your license please?" No, you didn't pull over a speeding driver. You just selected an engineering firm. After awarding a contract to a consultant, you should ask for their Certificate of Authorization to provide professional engineering services. As of January 1, 2001, a new law will require all consultants to have this certificate, which is obtained from the New York State Education Department.
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A closer look at the procurement process known as Qualifications-Based Selection
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New York City and many New York State authorities rely on engineers and architects to design the public facilities that millions of New Yorkers depend on, day after day. It is therefore in the best interests of these entities to choose the most highly qualified engineering and architectural professionals for these projects—professionals whose training, judgment and experience profoundly impact the health and safety of the public and the reliability and durability of city and state infrastructure.
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Survey Shows Clients Values Service over Fees
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If a group of engineering clients were asked to name the most important factor in choosing an engineering firm, they would say, "the price tag," right? Maybe not.
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ACEC/Kansas Launches Innovative University Course on QBS
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An ACEC/Kansas-produced course on the benefits of Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) was such a success in its initial presentation that the University of Kansas wants it part of its curriculum next year.
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Best Practices for Hiring Engineers
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Public sector experts emphasize qualifications and long-term savings for taxpayers
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QBS Benefits the Agency, Contractor and Community
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For public agencies, quality-based selection (QBS) is the optimal method for selecting engineering and architectural design professionals. By making superior qualifications and experience the paramount basis for selection, QBS moves beyond focusing on the lowest price, and instead focuses on obtaining the best value—allowing agencies to select the most highly qualified firm to work on their projects.
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Polytechnic University Study of Qualifications-Based Selection
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This report contains a study of current practices for the procurement of professional Architectural/Engineering (A/E) services in New York City, and addresses some of the claims put forward by proponents and opponents of QBS (Sections 2.2.1.2 - 2.2.2.5). The study is based primarily on information provided by New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Contracts during a Public Hearing on QBS (December 1999), and additional information from A/E firms on a representative data sample from the original data (Sections 4.1-4.5). The full study is available upon request.
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Just the Faqs
How long has QBS been in use?
Legislation mandating QBS has been in place for 30 years on the federal level, and for over 20 years in New York State.
Traditionally and historically, qualifications-based selection has been used to select engineers and architects for design of the nation's public works - including monumental New York projects such as the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, the New York City water supply system, the New York City public library system, the New York State highway system, the Foley Square Court House, and the JFK Airtrain. In 1972, QBS was officially mandated for federal projects through the passage of the Brooks Act. Similarly, in 1980, New York State passed Section 136-a of the State Finance Law to codify a QBS process that had been used in the state for many years.
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Real World
Memo from Kaye Henderson, Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation from 1987-1990.
"As Secretary, I inherited a system of selecting design professionals on the basis of competitive bidding. The results were uniformly negative. Price-based selections for design services don’t work. It didn’t work for the public, the agency administrators, contract managers or even office holders."
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Quotables
… selection of an Architect or Engineer solely on price-competition basis provides the potential for reductions in quality due to initial underestimation of the costs and resources required to adequately perform the work.
U.S. House of Representatives Report 98-621
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