Adm 20.01(1)(1) Section 16.004, Stats., empowers the department of administration to adopt rules for administering the department and performing the duties assigned to it.

Adm 20.01(2)(2) These rules shall apply whenever the department of administration exercises its powers and duties prescribed in s. 16.85, Stats., to award and contract to a private architect/engineer who will be retained to provide professional services to the state of Wisconsin.

Adm 20.02(1)(1) “Approval” means the written or electronic procedure for evaluation and acceptance.

Adm 20.02(2)(2) “Architect/engineer” means a member of the design profession, registered under ch. 443, Stats., and is meant to refer to either an architect or an engineer, whichever is appropriate. The term shall apply to an individual or firm which provides architectural or engineering services, or both, and is not intended to impose the requirement of both registrations on an individual or individuals within a design firm.

Adm 20.02(3)(3) “Architect/engineer data record form” means a form upon which architects/engineers shall provide specific data requested by the department which will facilitate evaluation of architect/engineer eligibility, performance capabilities, experience, personnel and staff and statistics on past and present projects.

Adm 20.02(4)(4) “Architect/engineer proposal” means those documents submitted by an architect/engineer, indicating interest in providing professional services to the state for a specific project. The documents may include a fully executed architect/engineer data record form, a tentative schedule to include the method and staff that would be employed to meet the requirements of the proposed projects and such other materials as requested by the selection committee in the advertisement for architect/engineer proposals.

Adm 20.02(5)(5) “Department” means the department of administration. This also includes any organizational entity of the department of administration, which is assigned the responsibility for providing and supervising the architectural and engineering services performed by, or for, the state, as provided for in s. 16.85, Stats.

Adm 20.02(6)(6) “Eligible architect/engineer” means an architect/engineer who meets or exceeds the following criteria in order to be considered by the selection committee for a project: