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Performance Contracting for Construction - A Guide to Using Performance Goals and Measures to Improve Project Delivery

Table of Content

United States Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration

• Acronyms and Definitions
  • Executive Summary
    • Objective
    • Stakeholder Involvement
    • What We Have Learned
    • For Additional Information
  • Introduction
    • Guide Purpose and Contents
    • Relation to the Highways for LIFE Program
    • Framework Development
    • Roadmap to the Guide
  • Overall Process
    • Defining and Recruiting the Stakeholders
    • Project Selection
    • Developing and Testing the Performance Goals
    • Developing the Measurement Methodology
    • Determining the Method of Award and Developing the Solicitation Packages
    • Developing and Submitting an SEP-14 Application
    • Managing the Contract and Measuring Performance
  • Project Selection
    • Pros and Cons of Performance Contracting
    • Innovation and Value Engineering
  • Performance Goals
    • Process
    • Lessons Learned from Real-World Performance Contracts
    • Sample Performance Measures
    • Sample Performance Goal Materials - MDOT M-15 Pilot Project
  • Performance Measurement Methodology
    • Process
    • Lessons Learned from Real-World Performance Contracts
    • Sample Measurement Methods and Solicitation Package Materials
  • Enhanced Low Bid Awards
    • Process
    • Sample Materials
  • Best Value Awards
    • Process
    • Best Value Considerations
    • Lessons Learned from Real-World Performance Contracts
    • Sample Materials
    • Alternate Evaluation Methodologies
  • Special Experimental Project No. 14 (SEP-14)
    • Process
    • Lessons Learned from Real-World Performance Contracts
    • Sample Materials