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Minn. Stat. § 471.345 subd. 3. As an alternative to sealed bidding, municipalities may award<br />
contracts to the vendor that offers the best value determined through the competitive process<br />
described in Minn. Stat. § 16C.28. See Minn. Stat. § 471.345 subd. 3a. It is debatable whether<br />
the design-build delivery method is allowed under ‘best value’ procurement, but ‘best value’<br />
procurement certainly could be applied to the design-build method if expressly authorized by<br />
statute. See Dean B. Thomson, et al., A Critique of Best Value Contracting in Minnesota, 34<br />
Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 27 (2007). The new Capitol Projects<br />
Grant statute expressly authorizes the use of design-build procurement for grant recipients.<br />
Minn. Stat. §116J.433, Subd. 3. Therefore, ‘best value’ procurement can be used to solicit<br />
design-build proposals for the stadium Project. Regardless of whether sealed bidding, in which<br />
the contract is awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, or best value<br />
procurement is used, the Uniform Municipal Contracting Law makes it clear that municipalities<br />
must use a competitive procurement process before awarding contracts in excess of $100,000.<br />
The Uniform Municipal Contracting Law requires competition “in the manner and<br />
subject to the requirements of the law governing contracts by the particular municipality or class<br />
thereof.” See Minn. Stat. § 471.345 subd. 3. Statutory cities have the option to use either sealed<br />
bidding or best value procurement for contracts valued at more than $100,000. See Minn. Stat.<br />
§ 412.311. If a statutory city elects to use sealed bidding, it must publish notice of bidding at<br />
least once is an official newspaper at least ten days before the due date for bid submission. See<br />
Minn. Stat. § 412.311 subd. 1. If the statutory city elects to use the best value method, it must<br />
follow the procedures described in Minn. Stat. § 16C.28. See Minn. Stat. § 412.311 subd. 2.<br />
The City has even more stringent self-imposed procurement requirements. Its ordinances require<br />
sealed bidding on contracts valued at more than $50,000. See St. Paul Ordinance 82.02 (Wieland<br />
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