H.R. 3465 — Introduced in House

I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3465 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2015 Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To enhance the services of the Office of Contracts and Procurement at the Department of Transportation to assist modal agencies, States, and grant recipients with certain design and procurement practices and contracts. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Investment Act. 2. Assistance with procurement (a) In general The senior procurement executive of the Department of Transportation shall enhance the services of the Office of Contracts and Procurement by— (1) working with modal agencies, States, and other grant recipients on implementing design-bid-build, design-build, and public-private partnerships (P3s) procurement best practices, including model contracts; and (2) shall develop suggested best practices to encourage standardizing state P3 authorities and practices, including fair and balanced assumptions made in the calculations, consistency on unsolicited bids, non-compete clauses, and other major elements. (b) Definition For purposes of this section, the term P3 means contractual agreements formed between a public agency and a private sector entity that allow for greater private sector participation in the delivery and financing of transportation projects.