AB 302

Under current law, the Department of Transportation (DOT) may engage

engineering, consulting, surveying, or other specialized services and this

engagement of services is exempt from certain provisions of law relating to state

procurement. Any engagement of services involving an expenditure of $3,000 or

more must be by formal contract approved by the governor. For an engagement of

services of more than $300,000, DOT must conduct a uniform cost-benefit analysis

before the engagement and must review periodically, and before any renewal, the

continued appropriateness of the engagement.

This bill lowers the threshold amount at which an engagement of services

requires a uniform cost-benefit analysis and subsequent review from $300,000 to

$25,000, which was the threshold amount prior to

2013 Wisconsin Act 20

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