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Commission approves statewide bridge inspection and ITS contracts totaling several million dollars
Summary
The Transportation Commission approved multi-million-dollar contracts for truss and fracture-critical bridge inspections and on-demand ITS and fiber inspections, and approved supplemental engineering work for several highway projects.
Commissioners approved a slate of engineering contracts and supplements covering truss and fracture-critical bridge inspections, on-demand intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and fiber inspections, and supplemental preliminary engineering for several highway projects.
Mr. Hernandez presented the contract items. Part A (off-system truss and fracture-critical bridge inspections) named Strimtech Corporation and Transystems Incorporated and carried a contract value of $4,496,194 for 187 bridges, 165 of which the department described as truss bridges. Part B (on-system truss and fracture-critical inspections) named Strintec Corporation with a contract value of $1,683,013 for 53 fracture-critical on-system bridges, six of which were trusses and 24 of which were programmed in the asset preservation plan. Part C awarded on-demand ITS and fiber-optic inspection contracts to three firms (Freeze and Nickels, Poe and Associates, and WSB) with a not-to-exceed total of $4,500,000.
Commissioners moved and seconded approval; the motion passed. Commissioners asked no substantive follow-up questions on the contract awards during the meeting.
Item 52 covered engineering contract supplements. The department described a fourth supplement to Jay Webb and Associates for on-demand preliminary engineering and railroad-crossing site plans not to exceed $500,000; a first supplement for At Geary and Fields on US-177 in Noble County (additional services, not to exceed $71,757) with construction programmed in the 8-year work plan and a federal fiscal year 2029 letting; and a first supplement for CEC Corporation on State Highway 4 in Grady County (additional engineering, not to exceed $155,700) with construction programmed in the 8-year work plan and a federal fiscal year 2027 letting. The commission approved those supplements.
Why it matters: These contracts and supplements fund inspections and engineering work that support safety-critical bridge oversight, programmatic preservation work and ITS operations across the state. The off-system truss inspections identify structures outside the primary state system that still require fracture-critical oversight.
Ending: The commission approved the contracts and supplements as presented; the department said it would answer specific technical questions offline if commissioners requested further detail.
