Contracting

Contracting

WSDOT is committed to increasing participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and Women and Minority Business Enterprises (DBE/WMBE) in contracts for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program.

For questions related to SR 99 Tunnel Project contracting, please contact Lynsey Gilchrist with Seattle Tunnel Partners at 206-971-8247 or lgilchrist@stp-jv.com. To subscribe to our contracting opportunities email updates, visit the subscription page. You will be asked first to enter your email address and set your preferences. Then you can select the Alaskan Way Viaduct contracting email update from the Northwest updates section.

Current construction contracts

Project/contractor Contract amount (as awarded) Construction schedule Goals and requirements
SR 99 Tunnel - Design-Build Project

Seattle Tunnel Partners - joint venture of Dragados USA and Tutor Perini Corp.

DBE opportunities		 $1,089.7 million August 2011 - late 2015 8% DBE goal
50,000 training hours
15% apprenticeship
State and federal prevailing wage
SR 99 South Holgate Street to South King Street Project - Stage 2 (road and bridge construction)

Skanska USA		 $114.6 million July 2010 - fall 2012 10% DBE goal
7,500 training hours
15% apprenticeship requirement
State and federal prevailing wage
SR 99 South Holgate Street to South King Street Project -
Stage 3 (South Atlantic Street overpass)

Guy F. Atkinson Construction		 $29.3 million August 2012 - Late 2013 10% DBE goal
15% apprenticeship requirement

 

Future construction contracts

Additional contracts (pdf 2.6 Mb) will be issued to construct surface street connections at either end of the tunnel and remove the viaduct’s central waterfront section.

Project Construction schedule * Goals and requirements
SR 99 Tunnel:
   North Access Project
   South Access Project
   North Surface Street Connections
2014 - 2015
2014 - 2015
2015 - 2017		 TBD
Central Waterfront Viaduct Removal
Battery Street Tunnel Decommissioning		 2016 TBD

 

Contracting information

Conflicts of interest

WSDOT employees are directed to identify, disclose, and manage potential, actual, or perceived organizational conflicts of interest with the consultant and contracting community that participates in contracting with the department. The guidelines of the Organizational Conflicts of Interest Manual apply to all contracts for professional services related to WSDOT projects, design-bid-build contracts, and design-build contracts, including Requests for Qualifications and Instructions to Proposers, unless specifically stated otherwise.

Equal opportunity goals

On WSDOT projects with federal funding, a certain percentage of participation by DBE/WMBE-certified firms is required. For projects without federal funding, the state requests contractors meet these goals voluntarily and document the process to demonstrate a goodfaith effort. For more information, refer to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Participation Plan.

To find firms that are certified as DBE/WMBEs, contractors may use the Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises directory. It is updated daily and is available to contractors, proposal holders and bidders to help identify DBE’s with capabilities relevant to highway construction.

Apprenticeship requirements

Contracts with an estimated cost of $2 million or more in state funds require that 15 percent of the minimum labor hours be performed by apprentices. More information is available from the State Construction Office.

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