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Transportation commission approves multiple engineering contracts, supplements and funding awards
Summary
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved statewide and district engineering contracts for bridge projects, several contract supplements to add shoulders and drainage work, settlements for two contractor claims, and $6,030,500 in municipal road-drilling awards to 17 cities. Votes on bid openings and awards also passed.
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission on this date approved a slate of engineering contracts, contract supplements, contractor settlements and municipal funding intended to advance bridge replacements, shoulder additions and local road repairs.
Mister Hernandez told the commission the department selected six firms for a statewide on-demand grant-writing and coordination contract (Garver LLC; Half Associates Inc.; High Street Consulting Group LLC; HNTB Corporation; Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; WSB LLC) with an aggregate value of $1,500,000, and selected district engineering consultants for multiple city-bridge projects with planned federal-fiscal-year 2028 let dates. "Aggregate value of these contracts is $1,500,000," Hernandez said, and recommended approval.
The commission also approved contract supplements presented by Hernandez to add shoulders, perform rehabilitation and redesign drainage on several State Highways. Examples included a $750,000 supplement on State Highway 59 (District 3) to include public involvement and community engagement in the right-of-way phase and a $422,400 second supplement on State Highway 51 (District 4) for supplemental drainage review and redesign. Hernandez said the supplements are included in the department’s eight-year construction work plan.
Mister Davis presented two claims for additional payment that exceeded statutory change-order limits and for which the department recommended settlements. He said a bridge-rehabilitation contract on State Highway 48 over Polcat Creek required riser plates after unaccounted-for asphalt overlays created a roughly 6-inch elevation discrepancy; fabrication led to 30 standby days and the department recommended a $240,114 settlement. For a Yukon drainage, surface and pedestrian-improvement contract, Davis said ODOT requested the contractor suspend operations to mitigate holiday congestion, producing idled-equipment costs; the recommended settlement was $133,858.47. The commission voted to authorize both settlements.
Mister Gauthier presented awards from the municipal road-drilling activity revolving fund (statute referenced) and recommended the commission award $6,030,500 to assist 17 cities in repairing or replacing 24.63 miles of municipal roadways damaged by increased oil-field activity. "This award will assist 17 cities in repairing or replacing 24.63 miles of municipal roadways," Gauthier said. Commissioners approved the awards.
On bid matters, Miss Bryant presented final and tentative bid openings for March–May 2026, and Mister Goca recommended awards and one cancellation for prior call orders; the commission approved the proposed bid openings and the recommended awards and cancellations.
Votes and procedural motions were recorded on the record for items 11–22 and item 24 (adjournment). Where motions and seconds were recorded in the transcript, the chair called for votes and announced motions passed; specific vote tallies were not read into the record.
The commission’s actions will allow engineering work to proceed toward scheduled let dates and authorize settlements and local awards that ODOT staff said are necessary to keep impacted projects on track.
Next steps: the approved contracts and supplements proceed to execution and the municipal awards will be finalized by department staff for disbursement.
