Acknowledgments Design-Build Manual Development Committee Nabil F. Haddad, PE, CDOT Innovative Contracting Program Manager Neil J. Lacey, PE, CDOT Project Development Branch Manager Jay Hendrickson, PE, CDOT Program Engineer Matthew D. Pacheco, PE, CDOT Resident Engineer David M. Watt, PE, CDOT Resident Engineer David L. Kosmiski, PE, CDOT Professional Engineer Marci Gray, CDOT Award Officer Mark M. Scholfield, PE, Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects Manual Contributions and Review CDOT Design-Build Environmental Subcommittee Jordan Rudel, CDOT Scott Epstein, Pinyon Environmental Jay E. Goldbaum, PE, CDOT Pavement Design Program Manager Randy Jensen, FHWA Colorado Division Monica C. Pavlik, PE, FHWA Colorado Division Melinda Urban, PE, FHWA Colorado Division Gregory Doyle, FHWA Technical Programs Manager Jeff Lewis, FHWA Office of Technical Services/Resource Center Wendy Schlosberg, Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects (Editor) Colorado Department of Transportation Innovative Contracting Program 4201 East Arkansas Denver, CO 80222 CDOT Design-Build Manual Update September 1, 2016 Table of Contents List of Figures ........................................................................................................................ v List of Tables ........................................................................................................................ vi Online Appendix .................................................................................................................. vii Introduction and State of the Practice ............................................................ 1-1 Introduction .....................................................................................................................1-1 Description of Innovative Project Delivery Methods ..........................................................1-1 Design-Bid-Build ................................................................................................................................... 1-2 Design-Build ......................................................................................................................................... 1-2 CMGC ................................................................................................................................................... 1-3 Comparison of Project Delivery Methods Schedules ........................................................................... 1-3 Current Design-Build Practice ...........................................................................................1-4 CDOT Design-Build Projects ..............................................................................................1-4 Federal Laws, State Legislation, and Design-Build Regulations ...........................................1-5 Federal Transportation Acts and Design-Build .................................................................................... 1-5 Federal Design-Build Law ..................................................................................................................... 1-5 Federal Regulations and the NEPA Process ......................................................................................... 1-6 State Legislation and the Code of Colorado Regulations ..................................................................... 1-8 State Legislation regarding Design-Build Utility Relocations ............................................................... 1-9 Colorado Department of Transportation Design-Build Requirements .............................................. 1-10 Design-Build Acronyms and Definitions ........................................................................... 1-10 Initial Project Development, Goal Setting, and Delivery Method Selection ...... 2-1 Initial Project Development ..............................................................................................2-3 Identification of Funding and Schedule ............................................................................................... 2-3 Scoping a Design-Build Project ............................................................................................................ 2-3 Risk Identification and Analysis ........................................................................................................... 2-4 Project Goal Setting ..........................................................................................................2-5 Selecting the Project Delivery Method ..............................................................................2-8 The Project Delivery Selection Matrix.................................................................................................. 2-8 Approval for Design-Build Delivery Method Use ............................................................................... 2-14 Training .............................................................................................................................................. 2-14 Risk Management .......................................................................................... 3-1 Risk Management Processes .............................................................................................3-1 Risk Register ....................................................................................................................3-5 Typical Design-Build Risks on Transportation Projects .......................................................3-8 Project Organizational Structure and Design Development ............................. 4-1 i | Page CDOT Design-Build Manual Update September 1, 2016 Project Organizational Structure .......................................................................................4-1 Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest ..............................................................................4-2 Procuring a Design Consultant ..........................................................................................4-4 Design Development ........................................................................................................4-5 Organization of Design Documents ..................................................................................................... 4-6 The Basic Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 4-8 Preliminary Investigations ................................................................................................................... 4-9 Design Development of the Reference Documents .......................................................................... 4-10 Right-of-Way Acquisitions ................................................................................................................. 4-12 Design Development of the Technical Requirements (Book 2) ......................................................... 4-12 Cost Estimating .................................................................................................................................. 4-13 Design-Build Procurement Process.................................................................. 5-1 Request for Letters of Interest ..........................................................................................5-4 Phase 1—Request for Qualifications, Statements of Qualifications, and Short-Listing .........5-9 Development and Structure of the Request for Qualifications ........................................................... 5-9 SOQ Evaluation and Short-Listing ...................................................................................................... 5-12 Phase 2—Request for Proposals, Pursuit Design, Proposals and Selection ........................ 5-13 The Draft RFP and Industry Review ................................................................................................... 5-14 The Final RFP Process......................................................................................................................... 5-16 Instructions to Proposers ................................................................................................................... 5-16 Alternative Configuration Concept / Alternative Technical Concept Process ................................... 5-22 Requests for Clarification and Addendums ....................................................................................... 5-24 Document Control and Data Management ....................................................................................... 5-25 Public Opening ................................................................................................................................... 5-25 Best and Final Offers .......................................................................................................................... 5-25 Stipends ............................................................................................................................................. 5-26 Protest Procedures ............................................................................................................................ 5-26 Design-Build Delivery Interface with Other Processes ...................................................... 5-27 Environmental Processes ................................................................................................................... 5-27 FHWA Processes ...............................................................................................................................