Section 26. Special contract provisions.
(a) 1987-1988 projects.--Projects authorized in section 3(5)(xxxvi) and (cvii)(N) of the act of October 21, 1988 (P.L.851, No.113), known as the Capital Budget Project Itemization Act for 1987-1988, may be combined for design and bid to allow the projects to be constructed at the same location.
(b) Thaddeus Stevens School Project.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the authorization and appropriation for the capital projects itemized in section 3(2)(i)(A) of a supplement of the act of July 8, 1994 (P.L.444, No.74), known as the Capital Budget Project Itemization Act for 1994-1995, and section 4(3)(i)(A) of the act of May 22, 2000 (P.L.104, No.22), known as the Capital Budget Debt Authorization and Project Itemization Act of 2000-2001, may include Brenner, Bourne and Metzger Halls.
(c) Military and Veterans Affairs, Pennsylvania State Police and Transportation projects.--Notwithstanding the provisions of 62 Pa.C.S. § 322(6), the Department of General Services, upon approval of the Secretary of the Budget, may comply with the provisions of the act of May 1, 1913 (P.L.155, No.104), entitled "An act regulating the letting of certain contracts for the erection, construction, and alteration of public buildings," by entering into a design/build contract which requires that the design/build contractor comply with the requirements of the act of May 1, 1913 (P.L.155, No.104) for the following projects:
(1) For Department of Military and Veterans Affairs construction projects which are totally federally funded for the Army National Guard Readiness Centers and Organizational Maintenance Sites in support of the Intermediate Brigade Combat Team.
(2) For Pennsylvania State Police construction projects which are for the construction of regional dispatch center facilities.
(3) For the Department of Transportation construction project which is for a PennDOT server farm.
The Secretary of the Budget shall give notification of any such design/build contracts to the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives ten days prior to advertising for a developer.
(d) DGS Project 948-35, fire safety code improvements.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the authorization and appropriation for the capital projects itemized in section 3(6)(i)(A) of a supplement to the act of December 28, 1992 (P.L.1694, No.188), known as the Capital Budget Project Itemization Act of 1991-1992, section 4(6)(ii)(E) of the act of May 22, 2000 (P.L.104, No.22), known as the Capital Budget for the Fiscal Year 2000-2001, and section 3(7)(i) of this act may include the construction and/or installation of security measures.