New Mexico Statutes Chapter 13. Public Purchases and Property § 13-1-121. Competitive sealed qualifications-based proposals; architects; engineers; landscape architects; surveyors; selection committee; state public works projects

A. For each state public works project, an “architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee” shall be formed with four members as follows:

B. Once an architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee is formed, no member shall be substituted or permitted to serve through a proxy for the duration of the selection process for a state public works project.

C. The staff architect or the staff architect's designee of the facilities management division shall serve as staff to the architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee.

D. The members of the architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee shall be reimbursed by the facilities management division for per diem and mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee shall not be formed for department of transportation highway projects. The department of transportation shall create its own selection committee by rule, after notice and hearing, for department of transportation highway projects.