ODOT approves $12.6 million in engineering contracts and statewide on-demand service panels

The Transportation Commission approved Item 1-15, a package of engineering contracts presented by Justin Hernandez. The package included three statewide on-demand contract series and three project-specific engineering agreements.

Hernandez said the statewide on-demand panels selected seven firms each for the following services: on-demand environmental services for local government projects (aggregate value $2,100,000); on-demand cultural-resource inventories and National Register evaluations (aggregate value $2,100,000); and on-demand lidar mapping (aggregate value $5,250,000). Listed firms for the panels included Garver LLC, HDR Engineering, Stantec Consulting Services and others named in the packet.

The project-specific contracts were: Poe and Associates for reconstruction and rehabilitation of State Highway 7 through the city of Sulphur ($1,236,681); Fries and Nichols Incorporated for US-75A (Keefer to Sapulpa) engineering ($1,694,850); and Burgess and Niple (listed in the packet as Burgess and Neible Incorporated) to provide engineering for multiple bridge rehabilitations in the Tulsa metro area ($2,230,570). Hernandez noted construction for those projects is included in the 8-year construction work plan with let dates ranging from federal fiscal year 2029 to 2030.

Commissioner Billy moved approval; the motion received a second and passed without recorded roll-call tallies.

The resolution recorded the aggregate contract values and the firms selected; the commission approved the recommended awards as presented.