Regulation .16 Capital Maintenance Projects.
Regulation .16 Capital Maintenance Projects.LinkCopy Citation
A.
This regulation applies to capital maintenance projects approved in the State capital improvement program. Capital maintenance projects may also be referred to as “systemic renovation” projects.
B.
A capital maintenance project:
(1)
Extends for at least 15 years the life of a properly maintained school building or component that is 16 years old or older;
(2)
Installs, upgrades, replaces, or renovates one of the following building systems or system components:
(a)
Architectural and structural;
(b)
Mechanical;
(c)
Plumbing;
(d)
Electrical;
(e)
Fire safety;
(f)
Communications; and
(g)
Vertical conveying systems; and
(3)
May include reasonably related components of other building systems as determined by the IAC or its designee.
C.
Requests.
(1)
An LEA may submit a request to the IAC to fund a capital maintenance project in the following circumstances:
(a)
The project has not been released for solicitation; or
(b)
The project has been released for solicitation after being deemed eligible but deferred due to fiscal constraints by the IAC in a prior fiscal year and has design development and construction document approvals by the IAC.
(2)
The request may only be for eligible expenditures in a project for which the total estimated construction cost is:
(a)
At least $200,000; or
(b)
Less than $200,000 but more than $100,000 when the LEA does not have any capital maintenance project requests that exceed $200,000 in estimated construction costs.
(3)
A county board may bundle, for approval and procurement purposes:
(a)
Similar capital maintenance projects at different schools; and
(b)
Interrelated capital maintenance projects at a single school.
D.
Procedures. The requirements of Regulation .15B, F, and I—M of this chapter and COMAR 14.39.03 apply to capital maintenance projects approved in the State capital improvement program.