PCC §10198.4: (a) After selecting a design-build entity based upon qualifications, the department may enter into a contract and direct the design-build entity to begin design and preconstruction activities sufficie

(a) After selecting a design-build entity based upon qualifications, the department may enter into a contract and direct the design-build entity to begin design and preconstruction activities sufficient to establish a guaranteed maximum price for the project. (b) (1) Subject to Section 13332.19 of the Government Code, upon agreement of the guaranteed maximum price for the project, the department, at its sole and absolute discretion, may amend its contract to direct the design-build entity to complete the remaining design, preconstruction, and construction activities sufficient to complete and close out the project, and may add funds not exceeding the guaranteed maximum price to the contract for these activities. (2) If the cost for completing all remaining design, preconstruction, and construction activities sufficient to complete and close out the project exceed the guaranteed maximum price, the costs exceeding the guaranteed maximum price shall be the responsibility of the design-build entity. If the cost for these activities are less than the guaranteed maximum price, the design-build entity shall not be entitled to the difference between the cost and the guaranteed maximum price. These amounts shall revert to the fund from which the appropriation was made. (c) If the department and the design-build entity do not reach agreement on a guaranteed maximum price, or the department otherwise elects not to amend the design-build entity’s contract to complete the remaining work, the department may solicit proposals to complete the project from firms that submitted statements of qualifications pursuant to Section 10198.2. The department may also, upon written determination that it is in the best interest of the state to do so, formally solicit proposals from other design-build entities. Subject to Section 13332.19 of the Government Code, contract award shall be made on a best value basis.