2010 Construction Contract Standards

Training

Part 2TOOLS

 November 2011

This training is to provide you an Overview of Existing and the New Tools

2010 Bid Item List

Index for 2010 SSPs

SP_TEMPLATE

2010 Bid Item List Internet/Intranet: located under

Guidance Documents http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/

standards.php http://oe.dot.ca.gov In MSWord and pdf

2010 Bid Item List (Continued) Database: use FMPro OE access key,

located under the HQ Const. Stds. tab

2010 Bid Item List (Continued) Contract Item Codes

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/awards Supplemental Work & State Furnished items

will continue to use 2006 information

2010 Bid Item List (Continued) Contract Item Codes

List of all coded contract items Non-standard items continue to be handled

as before. Numeric/alpha code ~ 390133A Do not use old one-time numbers provided

by award unit. One-time numbers begin with zero ~ 024152

Obsolete/old item codes are not to be used

2010 Bid Item List (Continued) Information listed:

Item code P-F: use as guidance only (for partial pay

and final pay items refer to RTL Guide) Description Measurement Unit: unique item description

and payment Section set forth by bid item

2010 Bid Item List (Continued) Practice of Reviewing:

Use posted version of the 2010 Bid Item List Compare district Engineers Estimate to the

2010 Bid Item List and verify if all BEES items are valid

Some items have complete item code changes

Example: Sand Cover – 370001 (before -365001) Listed bid item enacts specification Non-standard bid item: use SSP 1-1.01

which contains table to list all non-standard bid items

Index for 2010 SSPs Internet: located under the ssp index

folder http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/

specifications/SSPs/2010-SSPs Information listed:

SSP No Owner Category and date Description Instructions

Index for 2010 (Continued) Follow index order when assembling

applicable SSPs ~ numerical sequence Special Notices (SN)

Most are automated Those that need to be manually inserted

must be submitted as a separate word document

Standard Plans List (STDPLN) No RSP/NSPs Inserted before SP_TEMPLATE

Index for 2010 (Continued) 0-RSS: Revised Standard Specifications

(formally known as Amendments) Inserted by boiler

SP_TEMPLATE: Base template to build project

1-1.01: Bid item and applicable section Some additional information on SSPs:

Railroad Relations – under development Search for conditional Instruction within STDPLN – find under the

historical SSP ~ design guidance

SP_TEMPLATE: Internet: located under the ssp_read

first folder http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/

specifications/SSPs/2010-SSPs/ Base template for creating SSP package Insert special provisions (SP) between

corresponding headings and caret separations

Do not renumber Divisions or Sections No longer necessary to sequentially

number SSPs

SP_TEMPLATE (continued): Spacing and carets between Divisions

and Sections Shorter carets – sections; longer carets -

divisions

SP_TEMPLATE (continued): Strike & Hide (S&H) divisions and

section headings along with carets Do not renumber remaining sections

S&H introductory statement (RAD – Replace, Add, Delete) when S&H paragraph

Introductory statement

SP_TEMPLATE (continued): Example of insertion and S&H

(deletions)

SP_TEMPLATE (continued): Insert STDPLN: before SP_TEMPLATE

Un-strike & hide Std Plan sheets Insert 1-1.01: List bid items and

applicable sections that do not correspond to spec section or for those with non-standard items Items are in table format Un-strike & hide bid items Non-standard item added to the bottom of

table

SP_TEMPLATE (continued): SPP 1-1.01 (continued): Bid items that do not

correspond to applicable spec sections Un-strike & Un-hide bid items Example - storm water items 074016 and

074017 first two digits do not match section

Base Template (continued): SPP 1-1.01 (continued): Non-standard item and

it’s one-time code List items with numeric/alpha code,

description and section at bottom of table Replace item code with one-time item code If an addendum revises non-std item code,

SSP will need to be revised as part of the addendum

2010 & 2006 review Install specification templates

2010 template - located under templates http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/specifications/

tools/2010_temp.php SSP_template - located under templates

http://oe.dot.ca.gov/Contract_Standards_Development/latest_templates_macros/

Install normal and macro: same for both http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/specifications/

tools/2010_temp.php http://oe.dot.ca.gov/

Contract_Standards_Development/latest_templates_macros

2010 & 2006 review (cont.) Styles – use Style Guide 2010 Bid Item List - NEW Item codes for SW & SF are same as

2006 SP_TEMPLATE - NEW 1-1.01 - NEW 0-RSS - Revised Standard Specifications Submittal of subsequent documents

should be a separate word file Discourage use of document map

QUESTIONS?