Expedited procurement procedures for emergency construction services.

Author(s)
Gransberg, D.D. & Loulaki, M.C.
Year
Abstract

Faced with disasters that close highways to the travelling public, state departments of transportation (DOTs) must undertake emergency procurement procedures to repair and reopen roadways. These procedures provide expedited delivery of contractor services. This study reports and discusses emergency procurement procedures being utilized by state DOTs, in coordination with federal agencies. Information for the study was gathered through a literature review and a survey of state DOTs and Federal Lands Highway Divisions. The study includes legal case studies. The authors collected and synthesized the information and wrote the report. The members of the topic panel are acknowledged on the pre-ceding page. This synthesis is an immediately useful document that records the practices that were acceptable within the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation. As progress in research and practice continues, new knowledge will be added to that now at hand. (Author/publisher) This report is available online at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_438.pdf

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20122758 ST S [electronic version only]
Source

Washington, D.C., Transportation Research Board TRB, 2012, 106 p., ref.; National Cooperative Highway Research Program NCHRP, Synthesis of Highway Practice ; Report 438 / Project 20-05 (Topic 43-11) - ISSN 0547-5570 / ISBN 978-0-309-22378-2

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