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Contract Monitoring TAG Report. TUG Conference Monday, October 8, 2007. Mission Statement:. The mission of Contract Monitoring TAG is to assist the TUG in advocating for and supporting the analysis of TRNS*PORT data as it relates to construction projects from conception to finalization. GOALS.
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Contract Monitoring TAG Report TUG Conference Monday, October 8, 2007
Mission Statement: • The mission of Contract Monitoring TAG is to assist the TUG in advocating for and supporting the analysis of TRNS*PORT data as it relates to construction projects from conception to finalization.
GOALS • Long Term • Provide guidance for Trns*port applications to preserve and enhance the analytical capabilities and functionality that reside in BAMS/DSS. • Promote flexible inter-active/analytical tools that could work in conjunction with “decision support” data • Support a diversity of output formats • Continue to advocate and guide the rewrite of BAMS/DSS
Long term goals (continued) • Promote awareness of the full analytical capabilities of BAMS/DSS including but not limited to: • competition modeling • fraud detection • general contract monitoring • comparison of as-bid to as-built data • identification of “bid items of concern” for construction personnel • Methods of evaluating design-build contracts and lump sum items • addressing modeling techniques to improve estimate quality
Short-term Goals • Protect and enhance the quality and usability of the Trns.port data during the development of web Trns*port database. • Survey all Trns*port agencies to determine how they are utilizing the DSS models and database
Old Business • Ballot Items • Remove items 2611 and 2624 • Endorse items 7171 and 8570 • Collusion Detection Seminar –Feb 2008 • Web Trns*port and DSS • Forming a TRT
New Business • State Discussions • VT, TX, TN, SC, OR, OH, NY, NS, NM, NE, MS, MO, MN, ME, LA, KY, KS, IN, IA, GA, FL, DE, AR, AL • US DOT/OIG Fraud conference • TAG Coordinator / Asst. Coordinator • Turner Bond, MO –Coord. • Steve Heller, IN - Asst. Coord.