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Dates | Location | Contact | Region packages |Project development packages | Interviews | Questions and answers | NOI submittal

2008-09 construction season interviews:
September 29, 2008
Madison Marriott West

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) announces its annual construction engineering solicitation for the 2008-09 construction season.

This solicitation is for eligible, registered firms on WisDOT's Roster of Eligible Engineering Consultants.

Important dates:

• August 11, 2008 - Notice of Interest (NOI) and solicitation packages available on the Internet

• August 18, 2008, 3 p.m. CST - Project questions due

• August 25, 2008 - Questions and answers published on the Internet

• August 25, 2008 - Updated 2008-09 WisDOT Construction: Statewide Project List (311 KB) available on the Internet

• September 3, 2008 - NOIs due to WisDOT

• September 15, 2008 - Interview schedule published 

• September 29, 2008 - Construction engineering services interviews

• November 2008 - Construction selections will be published

The following files are in Adobe PDF format, except where noted.

Region packages 

• NC Region

• NE Region

• NW Region (August 25, 2008)

• SE Region (August 25, 2008)

• SW Region (August 25, 2008)

Bureau of Project Development packages

• Statewide full service construction master contract

• NC Region - Local program

• NE Region - Local program

• NW Region - Local program

• SE Region - Local program (August 25, 2008)

• SW Region - Local program

• NOI form (DT1818) (Please limit the document to maximum of 15 pages)

• 2008-09 WisDOT Construction: Statewide Project List (311 KB) (August 25, 2008)

• Package listings, DBE goals and scope information current at the time of publication but are subject to change.

• Firms may be awarded projects not listed on their NOI form if WisDOT feels the firm's staff are qualified for the work. If your firm is not interested in performing a project it was awarded, please notify the Statewide Consultant Engineer as soon as possible.

• Selected firms will be notified of the amount for the statewide full service construction master contracts at a later date.

Project questions and answers (August 25, 2008)

• Each construction package fact sheet includes an e-mail to which consultants may submit questions about the package.
• The subject line of the e-mail message must read "Question about <Package Number>, <Project ID>. Failure to include the package number (NE 1, NE 2, etc.) and at least one project ID may prevent the question from being answered.
• No phone calls about the project will be accepted.
• Answers to submitted questions now published 
• The source person or firm of the questions will not be identified with the published answers.

NOI submittal:

All NOIs must be submitted via ESubmit. Firms needing ESubmit permissions must obtain them before the NOI due date, unless they have already been given permissions in the past. No hard copies of the NOIs are accepted.

Interview information 

Centralized construction engineering services interviews will be held on September 29, 2008 at:

Madison Marriott West
1313 John Q Hammons Drive
Middleton, WI 53562
Telephone: (608) 831-2000
FAX: (608) 831-2040

• Register in the Marriott Hotel lobby 15 minutes prior to your scheduled time. The registration table is located inside the Marriott's Ballroom entrance.

• A projection screen will be provided in each interview room. All other equipment must be supplied by the consultant.

• Firms presenting to 1-4 regions will have 30- minute interviews, including a 20 minute presentation and 10 minutes for questions/answers. 

• Firms presenting to all five regions will have a 45-minute interviews-35 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for questions/answers.

For more information:

Contact Paulette Rakow at (608) 266-3328 or by e-mail at paulette.rakow@dot.state.wi.us or Mahesh Shrestha, Statewide Consultant Project Manager at (608) 267-7327 or by e-mail at mahesh.shrestha@dot.state.wi.us.

If you have general engineering and related services consultant contracting questions, please contact staff in the Division of Transportation Investment Management, Bureau of State Highway Programs, Contract Administration Unit. 

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Questions about the content of this page:
Mahesh Shrestha, mahesh.shrestha@dot.state.wi.us
Last modified: August 25, 2008