In addition to planning CMAR procurement, the June 9, 2026 Albany ISD agenda seeks board approval to authorize the superintendent to conduct contract negotiations with the CMAR for business related to the district’s construction project. The board will also approve the government-issued Davis-Bacon wage scale for Shackelford County and adopt a building code, both TEA-mandated steps for school construction projects. These items indicate that once a CMAR is selected, contract negotiations will be led by the superintendent under board authority, and that wage and code standards will be locked in for all bond-funded work.For vendors, this provides clarity about prevailing wage assumptions and code environment, and signals that follow-on scopes—such as specialty construction packages, inspection, testing, commissioning, technology build-out, and ongoing facilities services—will flow through a CMAR-led capital program. Building relationships with the superintendent and facilities/operations leadership will be important for subcontracting and add-on work once the main CMAR agreement is in place.

The Davis-Bacon wage scale is described as TEA-mandated and typically adopted as issued, which impacts labor cost baselines for all contractors and subs on the bond projects.