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Circumvention and Abuse of the Brooks Act

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After Katrina, the Corps of Engineers has elected to undertake all design and construction projects under a Design Build delivery model. This means that contractors first submit qualifications for a team (including architects and engineers), and the list is shortened to some number, which can be quite large - a dozen or more. That "short list" is then allowed to submit a turn key design-build proposal. The low bid (fully conforming, low bid - most enhanced low bid if multiples are low) is selected.

The circumvention is that these contractors must then submit a bid for the work, which requires architectural and engineering documents to be provided, and the contractors seldom if ever compensate the design firms. Pursuing a large project can require firms to spend considerable money, with a narrow chance to win the award. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.244.183.6 (talk) 16:04, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A place to start

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Just stopping by while working on the Jack Brooks article to offer a starting point for expanding this article:
   McDonough, Frank A. (December 6, 2012). "The Brooks Legacy: Remembering the man who changed federal IT". FCW (Federal Computer Week). McLean, Virginia. Cheers. Drdpw (talk) 23:08, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]