Nearly 10,000 miles of highways 4,704 highway, railroad and pedestrian bridges

2. MDOT contracts with consultants, suppliers,contractors and other service providers who design, build, support or maintain: • Nearly 10,000 miles of highways • 4,704 highway, railroad and pedestrian bridges • 655 miles of railroad track • 103 nonmotorized trails • Four state-owned airports • Other transportation programs for aviation, intercity passenger services, rail freight,Great Lakes ports and public transit services

3. Fiscal Year 2014 MDOT expects to invest $1.69 billion during the period of Oct. 1, 2013 - Sept. 30, 2014. • $1.3 billion for roads and bridges • $315 million for transit, marine, port and rail • $94 million for aviation Our program supports an estimated 20,300 jobs.

4. Moving Ahead with MDOT MDOT continues to work toward better, safer travel, partnering with private companies and public agencies to face today’s challenges: • Managing congestion • Balancing growth with protecting the environment • Making travel safer • Developing smoother pavements that will last longer, reducing motorist inconvenience

5. Agenda • Doing Business • Consultant and Construction Prequalification • Highway Construction Materials • Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Certification • Small Business Program (SBP) • No Prequalification or Certification Required • On-the-Job-Training Program – workforce development • MDOT Bidding and Proposal Submission • Bidding with MDOT’s Partners

6. The State of Michigan requires vendors to become prequalified before bidding as a prime or subcontractor on the majority of MDOT service consultant and road and bridge construction projects.

7. Service Consultant Contracts MDOT awarded 135 consultant contracts valued at $130,685,507 between Oct. 1, 2012 and Sept. 20, 2013.

8. Service Consultant Prequalification Consultants must be prequalified in services they wish to provide if the services require prequalification.

9. Service Consultants • Highway and bridge construction engineering • Testing and inspection • Surveying and staking • Engineering assistance • Environmental site investigation and testing • Underwater bridge inspection • Design • Hydraulics and hydraulic surveys • Landscape architecture • Photogrammetry • Historic archaeology • Wildlife and endangered species assessment • Outdoor advertising • Intelligent transportation systems MDOT contracts regularly with consultants who work in these areas and more!

10. Consultant Prequalification • Service consultant classification descriptions and a service prequalification application can be downloaded from www.michigan.gov/mdot. Select “Doing Business,” then “Vendor/Consultant Services." • The application, instructions and work classification descriptions are under the "Service Prequalification" heading near the bottom of the page.

11. Service Consultant Prequalification Application – www.michigan.gov/mdotSelect “Doing Business,” then“Vendor/Consultant Services.”

12. Who do I contact with service consultant prequalification application questions? Mike Meddaugh 517-335-5905 meddaughm@michigan.gov

13. Road and Bridge Construction Between Oct. 1, 2012 and Sept. 30, 2013: MDOT awarded 871 road and bridge-related construction projects valued at $1,210,558,210!

14. Construction Prequalification Contractors must be prequalified in services they wish to provide if the services require prequalification.

15. Construction Prequalification Many skilled trades are needed to build roadways and bridges*. MDOT needs contractors like these, and more: * For a complete list, please refer to the prequalification application. • Land clearing • Concrete and asphalt paving • Grading, drainage structures, and aggregate construction • Electricians • Bridges and structures • Landscaping, seed and sod • Pavement marking

16. Construction Prequalification • Construction classification descriptions and a construction prequalification application can be downloaded from www.michigan.gov/mdot. Select “Doing Business,” then “Contractor Services” and “Prequalification.” • The confidential prequalification application and related documents are under “Most Requested Forms.”

17. Contractor Services Center –www.michigan.gov/mdotSelect “Business Links,” then “Contractor Services.”

18. Construction Prequalification – www.michigan.gov/mdotSelect “Doing Business,”then “Contractor Services” and “Prequalification.”

19. Who do I contact with construction prequalification application questions? Theresa Myrick 517-335-4442 myrickt@michigan.gov Greg Frens 517-335-2369 frensg@michigan.gov

20. Highway Construction Materials Materials incorporated into highway projects must be approved for use.

21. Highway Construction Materials MDOT's Materials SourceGuide identifies suppliers who provide approved materials. Potential suppliers should have materials certified for inclusion in the guide, available at www.michigan.gov/mdot. • Select “Maps and Publications,” then “Manuals, Guides, Advisories & Memos.”

22. Materials Source Guide – www.michigan.gov/mdotSelect “Maps and Publications,”then “Manuals, Guides, Advisories & Memos.”

23. Who do I contact with questions about highway construction materials? Dennis Warren 517-322-5665 mdot-materialscontrol@michigan.gov

24. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Certification The DBE program is required by federal regulations governing the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT).

25. DBE Certification The goal of the DBE program is to help transportation-related businesses owned by minorities, women and other socially and economically disadvantaged individuals grow and become self-sufficient.

26. DBE Certification To qualify for DBE status, owners must meet federal eligibility criteria: • Disadvantaged individuals must independently own and control at least 51 percent of the business applying for certification. • Personal net worth of DBE owners cannot exceed $1.32 million. This figure excludes assets of the business applying for DBE certification and each disadvantaged owner’s home. • The overall business size standard for the DBE program is $22.41 million, although many types of work have smaller size standards.

27. DBE Certification – www.michigan.gov/mucpSelect “Download Forms,” then “MDOT DBE Application.”

28. Who do I contact with questions about DBE certification? Jeanne Day-La Bo 517-373-9246 day-laboj@michigan.gov

29. Small Business Program (SBP) Suitable construction projects with an engineer’s estimate of $1 million or less are set aside for bidding by SBP-approved vendors only. MDOT-report local agency airports and bus transit grantees designate a 5 percent SBP goal on appropriate projects let by local agency grantees.

30. An SBP is required by federal DBE program regulations. • The SBP is a race- and gender-neutral program designed to provide opportunities for small businesses. • SBP bidders must meet federal personal net worth and small business size standards. • Bidders also must meet conditions and standards required of all vendors who work for MDOT and its sub‐recipient grantees.

31. Do I qualify for the SBP? • Your business receipts, including receipts of all affiliate businesses, must not exceed small business size standards defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). • Individual business owners must not have a personal networth greater than $1.32 million.

32. How do I Apply for the SBP? Download the SBP application and instructions from the DBE Web site at www.michigan.gov/mucp. SBP links are available under “News & Events.” You also can download an application from www.michigan.gov/mdotby selecting “Doing Business,” “Forms,” then “Search the repository of MDOT online forms.” Under “Form Number,” enter 4106.

33. Go to www.michigan.gov/mucp, then select the links for the SBP Application and Information under “News & Events.”

34. Who do I contact with questions about the SBP? Jeanne Day-La Bo 517-373-9246 day-laboj@michigan.gov

35. No Prequalification or Certification Needed No prequalification is needed to bid directly to local government agencies, universities, Metropolitan Planning Organizations or nonprofits that receive USDOT funds through MDOT.

36. No Prequalification Needed Local government, university and nonprofit construction and consulting projects can provide experience needed for prequalification. Work not listed on the construction or service prequalification applications, and supplies not included in the Materials Source Guidedo not require prequalification or supplier certification.

37. Local Government, University andNonprofit Opportunities • Drug testing laboratories • Environmental consulting/remediation • Bus and automotive fuel • Garbage disposal • Mechanics tools and equipment • Advertising and marketing • Automobiles • Accountants and auditors • Bus, bike and ski racks • Security and surveillance • Insurance • Bus wash systems • Office furniture, computers and supplies • Third-party managers • Uniforms • Landscaping • Facility renovation • Pavement repair • Communications and dispatching equipment • Energy-efficiency audits • Bus and auto parts • Bus shelters • Legal services • Printing • and more!

38. On-the-Job Training (OJT) Programwww.michigan.gov/ojt The OJT program is a federal workforce development program. Participating OJT contractors provide paid training in construction skilled trades to qualifying disadvantaged individuals.

39. OJT Program – www.michigan.gov/ojt

40. Questions aboutthe OJT program? Karen Schulze 517-241-2981 schulzek@michigan.gov

41. MDOT Bidding –www.michigan.gov/mdotSelect “Quick Links,” then “Bid Letting.” MDOT is a fully electronic bidding agency for construction projects, as advertised on the Bid Letting Information Web page.

42. Construction Bidding To bid as a prime or general, bidders are required to establish electronic bidding. Instructions for primes to set up electronic bidding are available through the USE EXPEDITE link on the bid letting page.

43. Bidding and Prequalification Primes must have both the bid capacity and prequalification classifications required for each project they wish to bid. • Subcontractors must have required prequalification work classifications. • Subcontractors quote directly to each potential prime. • Suppliers, truckers and other service subcontractors typically do not need to be prequalified, and also quote directly to primes.

44. Bid Letting – www.michigan.gov/mdotSelect “Quick Links,” then “Bid Letting.”

45. Bid Letting – www.michigan.gov/mdotSelect “Quick Links,” then “Bid Letting, and“Bid Letting Information.” First select the letting date and month to review advertisements, then sign in to download project plans/proposals and addenda.

46. Construction Prequalification and Bidding A contractor looking to bid on MDOT construction projects must be construction prequalified.

47. Contacts for Construction Bidding Who do I contact with construction bidding questions? • Heather Stinson • 517-335-4328 • stinsonh@michigan.gov • Jill Mullins • 517-373-1576 • mullinsj@michigan.gov

48. Consultant Contracting

49. Consultant Proposal Submissionand Prequalification Primes must be prequalified in the appropriate work classifications when prequalification is required. • Subcontractors also must have required prequalification work classifications. • Subcontractors submit proposals directly to each potential prime.

50. Consultant Selection Types • Best ValueServices are based on qualifications and price. The bid amount is a component of the total proposal score (at least 25 percent) but is not the determining selection factor. • Low BidVendor selection is based on the lowest bid obtained from items set forth in the RFP.