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UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION I-15 UTAH COUNTY CORRIDOR EXPANSION
Findings and Recommendations
Report No. 11-DOT-A
Keeping Utah
Financially Strong
AUSTON G. JOHNSON, CPA UTAH STATE AUDITOR
STATE OF UTAH
Office of the State Auditor
Auston G. Johnson, CPA UTAH STATE AUDITOR
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX EAST OFFICE BUILDING, SUITE E310 P.O. BOX 142310 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-2310 (801) 538-1025 FAX (801) 538-1383
DEPUTY STATE AUDITOR:
Joe Christensen, CPA AUDIT DIRECTORS:
Van H. Christensen, CPA Deborah A. Empey, CPA Stan Godfrey, CPA Jon T. Johnson, CPA
MANAGEMENT LETTER NO. 11-DOT-A April 11, 2011 Gary R. Herbert, Governor State of Utah The Transportation Commission, Audit Committee, and John R. Njord, Executive Director Utah Department of Transportation At the request of Governor Herbert, the Office of the Utah State Auditor has performed a review of the Utah Department of Transportation’s (UDOT) evaluation and selection process, technology usage, and human resource management related to UDOT’s I-15 Utah County Corridor Expansion (CORE) project. Below is a description of the CORE evaluation and selection process, followed by the procedures we performed and a summary of our findings. The detailed findings and recommendations can be found where indicated in the table of contents. I-15 CORE PROJECT EVALUATION AND SELECTION PROCESS UDOT elected to procure a design-builder for the CORE project to design and construct the best value project possible within the $1.725 billion budget. This was accomplished through a best value design-build procurement approach, which gives the design-builder a fixed price and encourages them to propose innovative and creative solutions for achieving the goals of the project. The contract is awarded to the proposer offering the best qualitative proposal for the established price. This approach is relatively new and differs from the traditional best-price procurement approach where a low bid is the typical goal. The CORE project is the first project of this kind for UDOT and the biggest project of this kind in the country. In April 2009, UDOT initiated the procurement process to select a design-builder for the CORE project and in June 2009, issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the project. UDOT then conducted weekly confidential one-on-one meetings with the proposers to answer questions related to the requirements of the RFP and to discuss technical concepts. On November 19, 2009, the proposers delivered their proposals to UDOT. Proposals were received from three different proposers: Flatiron/Skanska/Zachry Joint Venture, Provo River Constructors, and Timpanogos Transportation Constructors. Once the proposals were received, the evaluation and selection process began, which is the focus of our review. On December 9, 2009, the Selection Official selected Provo River Constructors as the winning proposer of the CORE project. The flowchart on the following page gives an overview of the Evaluation and Selection Process.
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I‐15 CORE PROJECT EVALUATION AND SELECTION PROCESS OVERVIEW REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)
EVALUATION AND SELECTION MANUAL
1. Outlined project goals and values.
1. Defined the Adjectival Ratings and set numeric scoring ranges within each rating: Exceptional (85‐100); Very Good (70‐84); Good (55‐69); Acceptable (
