CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES.

SEC. 316. CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES. Section 12(b) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(4) Contracting for engineering and design services.—Each contract for program management, construction management, feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, design, architectural, engineering, surveying, mapping or related services with respect to a project for which a loan or grant is made under this Act shall be awarded in the same manner as a contract for architectural and engineering services is negotiated under title IX of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 or equivalent State qualifications-based requirement. This paragraph shall apply except to the extent any State adopts or has adopted by statute a formal procedure for the procurement of such services.”. 101 STAT. 233