The North Texas Tollway Authority Board on Oct. 8 approved staff requests to advertise and proceed with multiple maintenance and operational procurements and contract awards across the system.

Presenters from NTTA's project-delivery and maintenance teams outlined several upcoming construction procurements to be advertised and returned for contract consideration: bridge joint seal rehabilitation on the Dallas North Tollway and Sam Rayburn Tollway (budget estimate $3,200,000; 10-month term), southbound Dallas North Tollway main-lane pavement rehabilitation (budget estimate $22,300,000; 15-month term), pavement restriping along the President George Bush Turnpike (about 21 miles; estimate roughly $2,000,000; five-month term) and a President George Bush Turnpike wall-rehabilitation package (eight walls, approximately 65,000 sq ft; budget estimate $17,500,000; contract term two years).

Staff also presented replacement procurements for automotive and equipment tires, aftermarket parts and General Motors OEM parts (three contracts aggregated budgets: $600,000, $600,000 and $450,000 respectively for three years, funded from operations), and a separate contract for electrical parts and supplies (budget estimate $360,000 for two years). The board approved advertising on these items and directed staff to return with bids for final contract consideration in December and January as scheduled.

NTTA approved purchase contracts for 2026 fleet vehicles (74 vehicles across nine contracts) with aggregate awards presented as approximately $7,400,000; staff said awards were within estimates and that a small number of specialized items received limited competition but were within budget. The board approved the fleet purchases as presented.

Separately, NTTA staff recommended and the board approved a five-year lockbox services contract with Deluxe Financial Services to process mailed checks and cash payments, with staff estimating a contract amount of $2,000,000 over five years. Staff said lockbox processing handles about $32,000,000 of payments annually (about 1.5% of NTTA's total revenue) and that cost per check is about $0.45; staff noted about 65,000 checks processed per month and that card transactions cost roughly $0.09 per transaction.

The board also approved the selection of Michael Baker as a facilities management consultant (FMC) to perform facility condition assessments, long‑term asset planning and project management support; staff recommended a four‑year FMC contract and an initial work authorization for year one not to exceed about $2,700,000 funded from the capital improvement or reserve maintenance funds.

All procurement and contract actions in this group were approved unanimously by the board.

Staff said advertising and procurement timelines are on typical schedules: bid openings in November or December for many items and final contract considerations in December and January. Funding sources cited included the reserve maintenance fund, capital improvement fund and operations and maintenance fund depending on the purchase or project.