Section 19. Special contract provisions for Department of Corrections projects.
The Department of General Services shall use the competitive sealed proposal method of source selection to enter into a design/build contract for the projects which are authorized in section 3(4)(i), (iii), (vi), (viii), (ix), (x)(B), (xi)(B), (xii)(B), (xiii), (xiv), (xvi) and (xix) and section 11(1). Notwithstanding the provisions of 62 Pa.C.S. § 322(6) (relating to specific construction powers, duties and procedures), the Department of General Services shall comply with the provisions of the act of May 1, 1913 (P.L.155, No.104), referred to as the Separations Act, by entering into a design/build contract which requires that the design/build contractor comply with the requirements of the Separations Act. 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.