Design-Build Program

The Alternative Project Delivery (APD) Division is responsible for developing the Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) list of candidate Design-Build projects, developing and advertising Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP), short-listing the offerors and awarding the Design-Build contract.  
  

• Design-Build Procurement Manual (revised April 2017)   
• Design-Build Evaluation Guidelines (revised September 2019) 
• Design-Build Evaluation Guidelines (revised May 2014)    

• Instructional and Informational Memoranda (IIM) APD
  
  • IIM-APD-1.3 - Design-Build Requirements for Advertisement 
  • IIM-APD-2.2 - Organizational Conflict of Interest Guidelines 
  • IIM-APD-3.2 - Design-Build Candidate Projects 
  • IIM-APD-4    - Federal Project Authorization for Design-Build Projects 
  • IIM-APD-5    - Proposal Payments on Design-Build Projects 

• Minimum Requirements for Quality Assurance and Quality Control on Design Build and P3 Projects, July 2018  
• Minimum Requirements for Quality Assurance and Quality Control on Design Build and P3 Projects, July 2018 - Redline Text Comparison  
• Minimum Requirements for Quality Assurance and Quality Control on Design Build and P3 Projects, January 2012 
• Alternative Technical Concepts (ATC) and Process, revised October 2018  

Notice: Any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity offering or practicing architecture, engineering or land surveying shall be registered or licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia.

It is an offeror's responsibility to comply with the requirements related to organizational structure, any required registration with governmental agencies and/or entities, and any required governmental licensure, whether business, individual, or professional in nature, and failure to comply with those requirements may render a submittal non-responsive.

• Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation: http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/
• Memo from VDOT concerning SCC and DPOR  
• State Corporation Commission: http://www.scc.virginia.gov 

Questions and comments about the program should be sent to Jeffrey Roby, PE, DBIA, at Jeffrey.Roby@VDOT.Virginia.gov

Design-Build

Section  § 33.2-209(B) of the Code of Virginia authorizes VDOT and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop and award contracts using the Design-Build contracting method.

Section §33.2-269 of the Code authorizes local governments to utilize the Design-Build contracting method.

VDOT's Alternative Project Delivery Division has developed guidelines to assist local governments.

• Frequently asked questions  
• Guidance for Locally Administered Design-Build Projects  
• More on locally administered projects

The Alternative Project Delivery Division has issued standard template documents for all forthcoming Request for Proposals. Standard Template Documents (Parts 3, 4 and 5) are provided below along with Exhibit 1 referenced therein:

• 2016 Lump Sum Agreement - Exhibit 1 
• 2016 VDOT Design-Build standard template documents (Parts 3, 4 and 5)  
• 2013 Lump Sum Agreement - Exhibit 1, revised May 2014   
• 2013 VDOT Design-Build Standard Template Documents (Parts 3, 4 and 5) 
• Red-line comparison: 2013 vs 2016 VDOT D-B Standard Template Documents (Parts 3, 4, and 5)  

Active Design-Build Procurements

• Design-Build Requests for Qualifications (RFQs)
• Design-Build Requests for Proposals (Single-phase RFPs)
• Design-Build Proposal Submittals and Rankings

        Links to Project Websites (if available)

• Boundary Channel Drive at I-395 Interchange, NOVA District
• Richmond Bridge Rehabilitations (5 bridges over I-95), Richmond District 
• I-81 NB Acceleration Lane Extension at Exit 47 (MM48.1 to MM48.9), Bristol District
• Hampton Roads Express Lanes (HREL) Segment 4C, Hampton Roads District 

Candidate Design-Build Projects

• Hampton Roads Express Lanes (HREL) Segment 1 (I-564 to I-264), Hampton Roads District (Anticipated RFQ Release - September 2021)

The following project is being procured by Transurban for the Department. Questions regarding the project should be sent to NEXTProcurement@transurban.com.

• I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (NEXT)

Potential Design-Build Projects

It is anticipated the projects below will be advertised using the Design-Build project delivery method. The list is subject to change at any time without notice.

• Route 29 Widening Phase II, Northern Virginia District (Anticipated RFQ Release - Late July 2021) 

Design-Build Projects Under Contract (Construction)

Bristol District

• I-81 Bridge Replacement over Rte. 11 and Middle Fork Holston River

Culpeper District

• Albemarle County Intersection Improvements Bundling
• Warrenton Southern Interchange Routes 15 / 17 / 29

Hampton Roads District

• Skiffes Creek Connector
• Interstate 64 Widening and High Rise Bridge
• I-64 Capacity Improvements - Segment III
• Malbone Wetland Mitigation Site

Northern Virginia District

• Route 7 / Battlefield Parkway Interchange
• Route 7 Corridor Improvements
• Transform 66 Inside the Beltway EB Widening

Richmond District

• No current design-build projects under construction

Salem District

• I-81 Corridor Improvement Program ID#39A/39B (MM136 to MM141)
• Route 220 Corrididor Safety Improvements, Phases 1 - 3
• Interstate 81 Bridge Replacement at Exit 114

Staunton District

• No current design-build projects under construction

Lynchburg District

• No current design-build projects under construction

Fredericksburg District

• Route 630 (Courthouse Road) and I-95 interchange reconstruction
• Interstate 95 Rappahannock River Crossing Southbound
• Interstate 95 Rappahannock River Crossing Northbound

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