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Contracting and Job Information

The SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Program is expected to create several construction contracts.

What opportunities are available with the SR 520 program?

WSDOT construction projects are delivered by WSDOT staff, contractors and consultants. As the contracting process moves foward, this page will be updated with current contract information.

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SR 520 program contracts


Design-build
is a method of project delivery in which WSDOT executes a single contract with one entity (the design-builder) for design and construction services to provide a finished product.
    

The following contracts will be advertised in 2010:

How does the contracting process work?  

When these contracts are advertised they will be posted on WSDOT's
Contract Ad and Award Web site. The selected contractors will be responsible for securing vendors and sub-contractors, and assembling their workforce. WSDOT will work with contractors to ensure that notification is provided to all potential parties, and have added contact information to this list of interested parties.

Are there apprenticeship requirements?

The design-builder will comply with an apprentice utilization requirement. It is anticipated that no less than 15 percent of project labor hours will be performed by apprentices. The apprenticeship program provides on-the-job training and supportive services to assist contractors with recruitment and placement of minorities and women, as well as to provide advocacy and support for individual apprentices/trainees participating in the program.

What is WSDOT's contracting process?

WSDOT is responsible for road maintenance, environmental protection, long-term planning and project design. Contractors hired by WSDOT complete construction projects and hire administrative and field staff to work on those projects.

WSDOT advertises projects on the Contract Ad and Award Web site. At this Web site, contractors can view projects that are available for bid, learn about pre-qualifications, and stay up-to-date with contractor bulletins
 
Information about the Medina to SR 202: Eastside Transit and HOV Project

The Eastside Transit and HOV Project contract price is approximately $325 million to $425 million and will include highway and environmental improvements from Medina to Bellevue.

The project requires design and construction of improvements to approximately 2.5 miles of SR 520, including the following major elements:

  • Widening the corridor and constructing new transit and carpool lanes, shoulders and other facilities along 2.5 miles of SR 520 from west of Evergreen Point Road to east of 108th Avenue NE in Bellevue.
  • Constructing three landscaped lids over SR 520, two with access to new transit stops that also will be built as part of the project.
  • Constructing newly aligned general purpose ramps and direct-access ramps for buses and carpools. 
  • Adding a path for bicycles and pedestrians. 
  • Constructing fish-passable culverts, stormwater detention and treatment facilities, noise walls, and stream and wetlands improvements. 

WSDOT will issue a request for proposals for the project in June. Technical proposals and bids will be due in September.

Information about the previously awarded Pontoon Construction Project contract

We have announced Kiewit-General Joint Venture as having the apparent best value for building pontoons in Grays Harbor County.

Work includes:

  • Designing and building a new pontoon construction facility in Grays Harbor County, scheduled to begin in late 2010.
  • Designing and constructing 33 new floating bridge pontoons.

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements apply to this contract. A goal in the amount of 6 percent of the contract total has been established. Details of the DBE program were provided in the RFP.

Additionally, the project will have a 15 percent apprenticeship requirement on this project. This means that WSDOT will work closely with contractors and unions to provide employment training opportunities.

State and federal prevailing wage requirements will also be included in this project. 

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