(3) In no event may the general contractor/construction manager or its subsidiaries assign warranty responsibility or the terms of its contract or purchase order with vendors for equipment or material purchases to subcontract bid package bidders or subcontractors who have been awarded a contract. The value of subcontract work performed and equipment and materials supplied by the general contractor/construction manager may not exceed thirty percent of the negotiated maximum allowable construction cost, unless procured as a Heavy Civil Construction Project under this chapter. Negotiated support services performed by the general contractor/construction manager shall not be considered subcontract work for purposes of this subsection. (4) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, for a project that a public body has elected to procure as a Heavy Civil Construction Project under this chapter, at least 30% of the cost of the work to construct the project included in the negotiated maximum allowable construction cost shall be procured through competitive sealed bidding in which bidding by the general contractor/construction manager or its subsidiaries is prohibited.
(3) In no event may the general contractor/construction manager or its subsidiaries assign warranty responsibility or the terms of its contract or purchase order with vendors for equipment or material purchases to subcontract bid package bidders or subcontractors who have been awarded a contract. The value of subcontract work performed and equipment and materials supplied by the general contractor/construction manager may not exceed thirty percent of the negotiated maximum allowable construction cost, unless procured as a Heavy Civil Construction Project under this chapter. Negotiated support services performed by the general contractor/construction manager shall not be considered subcontract work for purposes of this subsection. (4) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, for a project that a public body has elected to procure as a Heavy Civil Construction Project under this chapter, at least 30% of the cost of the work to construct the project included in the negotiated maximum allowable construction cost shall be procured through competitive sealed bidding in which bidding by the general contractor/construction manager or its subsidiaries is prohibited.
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