Connecticut Department of Transportation

 
Consultant Selection Office
 
The Consultant Selection Office (CSO), in coordination with the Commissioner, manages and directs all activities regarding the solicitation and selection of consultant firms for all Department Bureaus.  The CSO also coordinates the annual consultant prequalification process.
 
Consultant Selection Office 
Office of the Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Transportation
Telephone: (860)594-3017
or email to: DOT.ConsultantSelection@ct.gov
          
The Consultant Selection Office is now using electronic (email) notifications.  Please ensure emails from DOT.ConsultantSelection@ct.gov & Amie.Maines@ct.gov are not automatically marked as spam by your email system.

RECENT SELECTION - 

  • The ‘look back’ window is 12 months.
  • A firm may be selected for 2 assignments within a 12 month rolling period.
  • A firm may only be selected for one assignment in the same prequalification category in a 6 month period.
  • Recent Selection is waived for the following conditions:
    1. Assignments which fall under the Construction Engineering and Inspection (Rails) or Construction Engineering and Inspection (Facilities) prequalification categories
    2. Assignments advertised via legal notice
    3. If less than the minimum number of firms statutorily required to be interviewed submit proposals in response to a solicitation.
VOLUME DETERMINATION -   Calculation of a firms volume percentage is based on invoices paid over the last 3 years and incorporated into the selection scoring process through a volume adjustment factor which is added to the proposal score, prior to determining the shortlist of firms. 
  • 11.3.23 Consultant firms volume adjustment factors

    • NOTE: Firms not on this list will be given the maximum adjustment per complexity category (low-15; medium-10; high-5).
    • Volume Adjustment Range Chart. 

Consultant Selection Process Scoring Revisions Presentation 2.18.22

Solicitation Look Ahead 11.27.23

 Active Solicitations for Consultant Services
              
  •   CSO 2432 - Construction Engineering & Inspection for Project 140-178 - REVISED
  •   CSO 2433 - Construction Engineering & Inspection for Project 79-246 - REVISED

  Supplemental Information - For Information Only, Subject to Change:

79-246 Specifications

  79-246 Plans -1 79-246 Plans-2 79-246 Plans-3 79-246 Plans-4

 

  •   CSO 2429 - Task Order Engineering Services for Bridge & Structure Design
  •   CSO 2434 - Task Order Travel Demand Forecasting Model Update
  •   CSO 2389 - Support Services for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Business Assistance Program
  •   CSO 2436 - Construction Engineering & Inspection for Project 52-92

  Supplemental Information - For Information Only, Subject to Change

  •   CSO 2428 - Task Order Engineering Services for Highway Design
  •   CSO 2438 - Strategic Planning, Engineering and Analysis of CT Rail System - REVISED
  •   CSO 2424 - Design Services for Project 156-186
  •   CSO 2440 - Construction Engineering & Inspection for Project 300-215
  •   CSO 2437 - Task Order Engineering Services for Bridge & Structure Design - Major Bridge & Railroad Bridge

 

 

Annual Consultant Prequalification Information for 2024 is CLOSED - Applications are no longer being accepted - Submittal deadline for the 2024 calendar year was October 16, 2023.  

 

 

 
SBE Directory of firms. https://biznet.ct.gov/SDSearch/SDSearch.aspx  (use Class 0600)
Forms:

Affidavits     OPM Website

CSO 255 Submittal Form - June 2022 (word)