Federal transportation officials are contemplating new contract rules that would make it easier for states and cities to hire local residents to work on transportation projects. Federal rules currently prohibit the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) from allowing contract provisions that do not directly relate to the bidder's performance of work. Thus, local hiring provisions have not been allowed in procurements for federally funded projects. This month, however, U.S. Transportation Secretary, Anthony Foxx, announced a ...
"Best value" procurements are sometimes criticized as involving a "black box" decision-making process. A recent report issued by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) discusses practices to increase transparency in such procurements. The report is NCHRP’s latest installment of its Synthesis of Highway Practice, issued on March 5, 2015. A resource for public agencies, this synthesis addresses best practices for developing transparent best value selection procedures in public procurements. These concepts are of particular interest to public and ...
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) announced today it has shortlisted three developer teams vying for the $1.9 billion design-build-maintain contract for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway Project. The three multidiscipline teams, in alphabetical order, are:
- Connect 202 Partners
- Fluor Enterprises Inc.
- Granite Construction Co.
- Ames Construction Inc.
- Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc.
- DBi Services LLC
- AZTEC Engineering Group, Inc.
- Stanley Consultants
- Kleinfelder Group, Inc.
- AMEC Environmental & Infrasstructure, Inc.
- The Transtec Group
- Gunn Communications, Inc.
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