Construction

Contract Administration

FHWA Contract Administration Issues

• FHWA Contract Administration Core Curriculum Manual
• Form FHWA 1273 - Required Contract Provisions Federal-Aid Construction Contracts (.pdf, 0.2 mb)
• FHWA Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-14-034: 'Performance-Based Contractor Prequalification As An Alternative to Performance Bonds'
• Contract Provisions for Federal-aid Construction and Service Contracts Required by FHWA or Other Agencies
• 2014 FHWA National Review of State Cost Estimation Practice (.pdf, 1 mb)
• Construction Program Guide - Selected Contract Administration Topics
  (Provides applicable statutes, regulations, policy memos, guidance and other related information)
• Buy America
• Culvert Type Selection
• Davis-Bacon 
• Design-Build
• Electronic Contracting
• Indefinite Delivery /Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Contracting (Including Job Order Contracting) 
• Proprietary Products 
• Special Experimental Project No. 14 / Innovative Contracting / Alternative Contracting
• SEP-14 Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Projects
• SEP-14 Enhancing Highway Workforce Development Opportunities Contracting Initiative
• SEP-14 Local Labor Hiring Pilot Program
• SEP-14 Active Project List
• Suspension / Debarment 
• Eligibility of Construction and Highway Safety Equipment Acquisition Costs as a Direct Charge (memo updated 12/14/2018)

General Construction Contract Administration Issues

• Highway Construction Cost / Inflation Issues
• AASHTO Committee on Construction
• Emergency Relief Program

Related Information

• FAST Act Section 1421 - Programmatic Approaches to Project Delivery
• Alternate Project Delivery Defined - FHWA Center for Innovative Finance Support
  • Bundled Facilities
• Alternative Contracting Methods (ACM) Library - FHWA Resource Center.* Sample documents for
  • Design-Build (D-B)
  • Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC)
  • Alternative Technical Concepts (ATC)

* This Library has been assembled to provide access to samples of documents prepared by State legislatures, and transportation owner agencies in the execution of roadway construction contracting, deploying these methods. It does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation.