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Office Engineer Specifications : Ready To List and Construction Contract Award Guide (RTL Guide)
This location provides access to the new Caltrans RTL Guide:
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RTL
Guide - The RTL Guide is published by the Division of Engineering Services-Office Engineer (DES-OE) to establish uniform procedures, define responsibilities, and provide guidance for preparing construction contract documents.
Related memos:Cover Cover, Forward, & Table of Contents(Revision Log) June, 2009 Purpose Purpose, Background, and Process Overview(Revision Log) September, 2008 Section 1 RTL Process Description (Revision Log) July, 2009 Section 2 RTL Certification (Revision Log) April, 2008 Section 3 DES-OE Construction Contract Services & Authority to Advertise (Revision Log) April, 2008 Section 4 Construction Contract Advertisement, Bid Opening and Award Process (Revision Log) April, 2008 Section 5 Validation of Complete PS&E (Revision Log) May, 2008 Section 6 Special Provisions (Revision Log) June, 2009 Section 7 Preparing the Estimate of Cost (Revision Log) June, 2009 Section 8 DES-OE Task Management (Revision Log) April, 2008 Section 9 Funding Package (Revision Log) April, 2008 Section 10 PS&E Submittal Requirements (Revision Log) May, 2009 Section 11 DES-OE Draft Contract Processing (Revision Log) December, 2008 Section 12 Informal Bids Projects May, 2004 Section 13 Contract Addenda (Revision Log) October, 2008 Section 14 District Rec. for Award, Requests to Reject Bids May, 2009 Section 15 (Deleted) Revision Log April, 2008 Appendix A (Deleted) Revision Log April, 2008 Appendix B Forms (Revision Log) October, 2008 Appendix C Definition of Acronyms August, 2007 Appendix D Websites (Revision Log) June, 2009 Appendix E PS&E Submittal Cover Memo (Revision Log) April, 2008 Appendix F RTL Certification Form (Revision Log) July, 2009 Appendix G SSP Editing and Pay Clauses(Revision Log) November, 2008
Foundation Data as Materials Information
Construction Contract Contingencies and Supplemental Work
FHWA guidelines on contingency costs
Supplemental Funds for projects with QC/QA specifications for AC
Caltrans welcomes all comments or suggestions. Please send comments or suggestions regarding the RTL Guide via e-mail to: Brian Lee .