Contract Development and Estimating

  • Prepares contract documents suitable for advertising through the review of plans and specifications
  • Ensures consistency, completeness, and compliance with State and Federal policies
  • Prepares the AASHTOWARE Proposal Estimate (AWP), PS&E Memorandum and Cost Data
  • Prepares contract addenda to previously advertised project(s) by incorporating revisions to the plans, specifications, proposal estimates and other miscellaneous documents
  • Maintains the Owned Special Provisions and Bid Item Master Files

Below you will find links to CTDOT's latest Standard Specifications, Owned Special Provisions (which are not to be altered without the owner's approval), instructions for creating Electronic Specifications, an English Bid Item List which can be used to find the item numbers, descriptions and costs used in the development of Proposal Estimates and Estimating Tools to help engineers develop item and project costs.

 

Requests for additional information should be addressed to:

Robert Foley
Transportation Supervising Engineer
Phone:(860) 594-3249
Email: Robert.Foley@ct.gov

 

Documents and Information

Specifications for Roads, Bridges, and Incidental Construction Form 816 English and Metric with Supplements / Form 817 English/Form 818 English

Owned Special Provisions
This is a library of recurring special provisions for use on CTDOT Projects. These special provisions are not to be altered without the consent of the owner (author).

Template for Addendum: Under Development

 

Master Bid Item Lists

These following lists consist of bid item numbers, descriptions and pay units.
English Excel File    English PDF File (Updated 02/13/2025)
 
Weighted unit prices are also provided for items with sufficient bid histories. The unit prices are based on recent bid prices. Because unit costs vary substantially by quantity, work type, location and prevailing competitive environment, these weighted unit costs may not be a reasonable basis for estimating costs. These weighted unit prices are provided primarily for use by municipalities and other agencies that do business with CTDOT and who are not required to utilize AASHTO’S  Estimator or Estimation software for developing estimates.
 
Estimates for DOT projects should never be based on these unit prices. Cost Estimates for CTDOT projects should be prepared in accordance with the Cost Estimating Guidelines (2024) and the application of Estimator and Estimation software. 

 

Instructions and Templates for Special Provisions

Rules:

  1. SpecHead1 should be used for the Title of Owned Provision
  2. SpecHead2 should be used for the Sub-Title or Article of Owned Provision
  3. Use the built in Word document styles only
  4. Use Times New Roman Size 10, 12 or 14 only

 

Instructions for Converting an Owned Provision Document to the "Owned" Template:

  1. Download the Special Provision Template
  2. Open the file Special Provision Template
  3. Open the Existing Special Provision File
  4. Select all the text in the Existing Special Provision File and copy, paste it into the Special Provision Template
  5. Change Header and Footer data (Date and Item Number/General)
    • Double click the footer
    • Type in the appropriate information for NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR, SECTION or ITEM where there is red (ex. NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR, SECTION 1.20, OR ITEM #0999999A) - USE ALL CAPS. If none apply, delete everything except the word GENERAL in the footer.
    • Type the appropriate information for the header by replacing the red areas with the month, date and year or delete this data
    • Close the header and footer
  6. Find each Owned Provision Heading and Change it to the Appropriate Format
    • Select desired heading by highlighting it
    • On the "Home" tab in word, use the "Styles" box located in the top center, and select the appropriate style (SpecHead1 or SpecHead2 as outlined above
  7. Add Owner and Document Information
    • In the top navigation inside the Word document, select "File"
    • Select "Info" in the left navigation bar
    • Click the "Properties" carrot from the drop down and then select "Advanced Properties"
    • In the "Manager" box type: Owner Name, Telephone number, Unit Number (ex. Robert Raiola, 860-594-3244, Unit 1307)
    • Select "OK"
    • Select "Save" in the left navigation

 

Link to the Special Provision Template (Word)

Rules:

  1. SpecHead1 should be used for the Title of Provision
  2. SpecHead2 should be used for the Sub-Title or Article of Provision
  3. Use the built in Word document styles only
  4. Use Times New Roman Size 10, 12 or 14 only

 

Instructions for Preparing a Special Provision:

  1. Download the Special Provision Template
  2. Open the file
  3. Change Header and Footer data (Date and Item Number/General)
    • Double click the footer
    • Type in the appropriate information for NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR, SECTION or ITEM where there is red (ex. NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR, SECTION 1.20, OR ITEM #0999999A) - USE ALL CAPS. If none apply, delete everything except the word GENERAL in the footer.
    • Change or delete the Revision Date at the top of the page if needed
    • Close the header and footer
  4. Add the information
    • Using the built in styles, format the document using normal text for regular body copy and the SpecHead1 and SpecHead2 appropriately
  5. Add Owner and Document Information
    • In the top navigation inside the Word document, select "File"
    • Select "Info" in the left navigation bar
    • Click the "Properties" carrot from the drop down and then select "Advanced Properties"
    • In the "Manager" box type: Owner Name, Telephone number, Unit Number (ex. Robert Raiola, 860-594-3244, Unit 1307)
    • Select "OK"
    • Select "Save" in the left navigation
  6. Once the word file for the special provisions are finalized, follow the instructions in the Digital Project Development Manual (DPDM) for the location in SharePoint where these files are to be uploaded

 

Link to the Special Provision Template (Word)

Rules:

  1. SpecHead1 should be used for the Title of Owned Provision
  2. SpecHead2 should be used for the Sub-Title or Article of Owned Provision
  3. Use the built in Word document styles only
  4. Use Times New Roman Size 10, 12 or 14 only

 

Instructions for Converting an Owned Provision Document to the "Owned" Template:

  1. Download the Special Provision Template
  2. Open the file Special Provision Template
  3. Open the Existing Special Provision File
  4. Select all the text in the Existing Special Provision File and copy, paste it into the Special Provision Template
  5. Change Header and Footer data (Date and Item Number/General)
    • Double click the footer
    • Type in the appropriate information for NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR, SECTION or ITEM where there is red (ex. NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR, SECTION 1.20, OR ITEM #0999999A) - USE ALL CAPS. If none apply, delete everything except the word GENERAL in the footer.
    • Type the appropriate information for the header by replacing the red areas with the month, date and year
    • Close the header and footer
  6. Find each Owned Provision Heading and Change it to the Appropriate Format
    • Select desired heading by highlighting it
    • On the "Home" tab in word, use the "Styles" box located in the top center, and select the appropriate style (SpecHead1 or SpecHead2 as outlined above
  7. Add Owner and Document Information
    • In the top navigation inside the Word document, select "File"
    • Select "Info" in the left navigation bar
    • Click the "Properties" carrot from the drop down and then select "Advanced Properties"
    • In the "Manager" box type: Owner Name, Telephone number, Unit Number (ex. Robert Raiola, 860-594-3244, Unit 1307)
    • Select "OK"
    • Select "Save" in the left navigation

 

Link to the Special Provision Template (Word)