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Public Notice
Attention contractors:
To assist fleet owners with their compliance efforts, Air Resources Board (ARB) staff are conducting a series of statewide training seminars on the off-road diesel regulation. These twelve 4-hour long seminars will run July 31, 2008 through September 12, 2008 at varying locations throughout the State. The training seminars will provide an in depth presentation of the regulation and how to comply, a discussion of record keeping and vehicle labeling requirements, a review of exhaust retrofit products available, and information about grant opportunities. In addition, participants will have an opportunity to speak one-on-one with providers of exhaust retrofit devices.
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New! Our bid item search tool is now online! Search advertised projects by either bid item work description or by item code numbers. See which projects fit your criteria, then see lists of prime or subcontractors also holding plans for that project.
Caltrans DES-OE Mission, Vision and Values
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A brief description of the who,
what and why of Caltrans DES-OE.
Please participate in our Bidder Survey and join our Bidder's List. If you've previously completed it, please take the time to fill it out again, and we'll update your information.
DVBE goal increases to 5% effective 2-11-08. See this notice for details.
Try our Project Look Ahead Database for information on upcoming projects. Create an account for automated emails when projects are added or modified, or get customized views for projects in your area. Export data for your own reporting needs and project workload forecasting.
Quick Reference Brochure for Contractors
A quick reference guide on where to get information
on bidding caltrans projects, getting bid results,
and doing business with Caltrans.
OE
Website - Contract Documents Quick Reference Page
Provides a brief description of the content here and links
for commonly asked questions.
Advertised
Projects (Projects for Bid)
Provides a listing of newly advertised
major highway construction projects, projects that have already
advertised, and a tentative list of projects to be advertised.
Contractors can view a list of bid items of projects advertised.
It provides timely information on addenda, list of plan holders
on projects out to bid, and awarded contracts.
Bidder
Activity Report and Combined Summary Report
Monthly bidder activity summary in .pdf
format.
Bids Opened and
Awarded Contracts
Bid Results, Bid Summary and Bid Summary
library information. Search for Awarded Contracts.
Contract Item Cost
Data Summary and Coded Contract Item Lists
This is a tabulation of standard contract
items (List of Basic Engineering Estimating System (BEES)
Items) and reflects the averages of the low bidder's prices
for those items.
Ready to List & Construction Contract Award Guide (RTL Guide)
Standards
- Buy copies of the standards and guides
- Manuals for Plan preparation
- 2006 Standards (US Customary Units): Plans, Standard Specs, Amendments to the Standard Specs (S1-020), SSPs, Bridge Reference Specs, Templates, Style Guide and Q&A
- 2002 Standards (Dual Units - Not updated after 7/1/03): Plans, Standard Specs, SSPs
- 1999-2004 Standards (Metric Units - Not updated after 7/1/08): Plans, Standard Specs, Amendments to the Standard Specs, SSPs, Style Guide
- 2010 Standards (Plain Language) (Updated 2/8/08)
- Superceded plans, including 1999 Standard Plans and earlier can be found here.

