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Contract Administration Core Curriculum Participant's Manual and Reference Guide 2006
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Please contact Douglas Townes, FHWA Resource Center, Construction and Project Management Team (404-562-3914; Douglas.Townes@dot.gov) regarding the scheduling of Contract Administration Core Curriculum Course presentations and hard copies of the course manual.
Table Of Contents
HIPA-30 Subject Contacts
- General
- Course Objectives
- FHWA Structure
- The Federal-aid Highway Program
- System Management
- Program Administration
- Legislation
- Project funding
- Standards and Program Oversight
- Applicability of Standards
- FHWA Project Oversight
- The Planning Process
- Project Authorization / Project Agreement
- Federal Funding for Construction - Applicability of Requirements
- Office of the Inspector General
- Development of Directives
- The Rulemaking Process
- Classification of Regulations
- The Regulatory Development/Adoption Mechanism
- Information Resources
- Federal Statute Or Regulation
- Required Contract Provisions (Form FHWA-1273)
- General
- Use of Local Hiring Preferences
- Use of Convict Labor
- Nondiscrimination
- Nonsegregated Facilities
- Payment of Predetermined Minimum Wage
- Statements and Payrolls
- Record of Materials, Supplies, and Labor
- Subletting or Assigning the Contract
- Safety: Accident Prevention (Compliance with OSHA Regulations)
- False Statements Concerning Highway Projects
- Implementation of the Clean Air Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act
- Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion
- Certification Regarding the Use of Contract Funds for Lobbying
- Employment Preference for Appalachian Development Highway Contracts (Attachment A)
- Other Contract Provisions
- Buy America
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
- Indian Preference on Federal-aid Projects
- Noncollusion Statement
- On-the-Job Training
- Standardized Changed Conditions Contract Clauses
- Other Program Requirements
- Drug-Free Workplace
- Public Agencies in Competition with the Private Sector
- Public Interest / Cost Effectiveness Findings
- Equipment
- Publicly Owned Equipment
- Contractor Purchased Equipment for State Ownership
- Equipment Rental Rates
- Materials
- Convict Produced Materials
- Patented/Proprietary Products
- State Preference
- State Owned/Furnished/Designated Materials
- Salvage Credits
- Foreign Contractor and Supplier Restriction
- State Procedures
- Pre-Award Procedures
- Standard Specifications and Standard Plans
- Engineer's Estimate
- Method of Construction
- Value Engineering
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis
- Contract Time
- Road User Cost
- Time-Related Incentive/Disincentive (I/D) Provisions
- Quality - Price Adjustment Clauses
- Commodity Price Adjustment Clauses
- Bonding and Prequalification
- Advertising for Bids
- Bid Opening and Tabulation
- Bid Analysis and Award of Contract
- Post-Award Procedures
- Bid Rigging and Post Award Reviews
- Project Supervision and Staffing
- Highway Construction Funding Source Signs
- Progress Payments
- Change Orders (Extra Work and Time Extensions)
- Claims
- Liquidated Damages
- Suspension and Debarment
- Termination of Contracts
- Other Issues
- Non-traditional Contracting Practices
- Experimental Methods
- Non-experimental methods
- Cost-Plus-Time Bidding
- Lane Rental
- Alternate Bids
- Warranty Clauses
- Design-build
- Architect/engineer consultant procurement
- Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
- Transportation Enhancement Projects
- National Recreational Trails Program
- Emergency Relief (ER) Projects
- Metrication
- Owner Controlled Insurance Programs / Wrap-up Insurance
- Project Labor Agreements
Glossary
Appendix Table of Contents
- USDOT/OIG Fraud Indicators
- Form FHWA-1273, "Required Contract Provisions for Federal-aid Construction Contracts"
- Form FHWA-1273A, "Attachment A - Employment Preference for Appalachian Contracts"
- Construction Job Site Posters and Federal Forms
- Headquarters memorandum dated July 6, 1989, Subject: Buy America Requirements (PDF, 81 kb)
- AASHTO - Suggested Guidelines for Strengthening Bidding and Contract Procedures, October 1991 (PDF, 0.2 mb)
- DOT/DOJ - Suggestion for Detection and Prevention of Construction Contract Bid Rigging, February 1983 (PDF, 0.1 mb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated May 5, 1993, Subject: Equipment Purchases for State Construction Engineering Use (PDF, 69 kb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated November 7, 1988, Subject: Equipment Rental Rates (PDF, 0.1 mb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated February 5, 1988, Subject: Convict Labor and Convict Produced Material (PDF, 38 kb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated November 25, 1987, Subject: Product Selection (PDF, 91 kb)
- FHWA Technical Advisory TA T 5080.3, Development and Use of Price Adjustment Contract Provisions, December 10, 1980 (PDF, 0.6 mb)
- Guidelines on Preparing Engineer's Estimate, Bid Reviews and Evaluation (Replaces FHWA Technical Advisory TA T 5080.4 and 5080.6) (PDF, 59 kb)
- FHWA Technical Advisory TA T 5080.10, Incentive/Disincentive (I/D) for Early Completion, February 8, 1989
- FHWA Guide for Construction Contract Time Determination Procedures
- Headquarters memorandum dated May 16, 1988, Subject: Bid Analysis and Unbalanced Bids (PDF, 0.2 mb)
- Form FHWA-1365, "Record of Authorization to Proceed with Major Contract Revision" (PDF, 11 kb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated July 12, 1963, Subject: Participation in Engineering Errors (PDF, 44 kb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated September 8, 1978, Subject: Participation in the Cost of Corrective Work Resulting from Construction Engineering Errors (PDF, 45 kb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated September 8, 1982, Subject: Audit of Construction Contract Change Orders (PDF, 34 kb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated August 21, 1990, Subject: Price Adjustment Contract Provisions (PDF, 64 kb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated November 30, 1990, Subject: Price Adjustments of Existing Contracts (PDF, 69 kb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated February 13, 1990 Innovative Contracting Practices Initiative and Special Experimental Project No. 14 (PDF, 55 kb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated April 30, 1985, Subject: Deviation from Competitive Bidding Requirements (PDF), 66 kb
- Headquarters memorandum dated March 11, 1992, Subject: Implementing Guidance - Project Review, Oversight and Administration (PDF), 107 kb
- Table: Summary of Federal Requirements for NHS, Non-NHS and Service Contracts
- Table: Procurement Options for Federal-aid Engineering, Construction and Service Contracts
- Headquarters memorandum dated August 20, 1998 Subject: Implementing Guidance - Project Oversight under Section 1305 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) of 1998
- Headquarters memorandum dated November 12, 1996 Subject: Procurement of Transportation Enhancement Projects (PDF, 76 kb)
- Headquarters memorandum dated July 28, 1994 Subject: Applicability of Davis-Bacon to Transportation Enhancement Projects (PDF, 76 kb)
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