Opinion No.

Honorable Lloyd Criss Chairman Committee on Labor and Employment Relations Texas House of Representatives P.O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78769

Re: Use of construction management contracts by state universities

Dear Representative Criss:

You have requested our opinion about the legality of a bidding procedure used by one or more state universities to award construction contracts. You describe the procedure as follows:(a) By formal advertising, general contracting firms are invited to bid on the fee and other rates they would charge to build the project based on a general project description. They…