[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR36.102]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 36_CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 36.1_General
 
Sec.  36.102  Definitions.

    As used in this part--
    Contract is intended to refer to a contract for construction or a 
contract for architect-engineer services, unless another meaning is 
clearly intended.
    Design means defining the construction requirement (including the 
functional relationships and technical systems to be used, such as 
architectural, environmental, structural, electrical, mechanical, and 
fire protection), producing the technical specifications and drawings, 
and preparing the construction cost estimate.
    Design-bid-build means the traditional delivery method where design 
and construction are sequential and contracted for separately with two 
contracts and two contractors.
    Design-build means combining design and construction in a single 
contract with one contractor.
    Firm in conjunction with architect-engineer services, means any 
individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity 
permitted by law to practice the professions of architecture or 
engineering.
    Plans and specifications means drawings, specifications, and other 
data for and preliminary to the construction.
    Record drawings means drawings submitted by a contractor or 
subcontractor at any tier to show the construction of a particular 
structure or work as actually completed under the contract.
    Two-phase design-build selection procedures is a selection method in 
which a limited number of offerors (normally five or fewer) is selected 
during Phase One to submit detailed proposals for Phase Two (see subpart 
36.3).

[48 FR 42356, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 36972, Oct. 16, 1986; 
54 FR 13336, Mar. 31, 1989; 54 FR 19827, May 8, 1989; 56 FR 29128, June 
25, 1991; 62 FR 272, Jan. 2, 1997; 64 FR 72432, Dec. 27, 1999; 66 FR 
2132, Jan. 10, 2001]

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