Brooks Act

To conclude this discussion of QBS, recall the previous chapter s mention of the U. S. Brooks Act, and versions of it in some states, which prohibit competitive bidding in the selection of engineering and similar professional service firms. These laws support QBS. However, many other local governmental units in the U.S. are able to use PBS as are private sector entities. Recognizing this, engineering and similar professional service firms explicitly or implicitly decide whether or not they will participate in QBS, PBS, or both. For firms that include PBS in their business strategy, the last major section of this chapter offers some thoughts about the costs, monetary and otherwise, that they are likely to incur. 

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