Caltrans Office Engineer


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Public Notice

Attention contractors:

New DVBE Requirements Effective With March 21, 2011 Advertisements
The Department of Transportation will soon implement new DVBE goal setting procedures on its non-federal aid construction contracts over $250,000.
Effective March 21, 2011, state funded contracts advertised will have the following DVBE goals:

  • $1 million and under 5% DVBE goals.
  • $1 million and $5 million 3% DVBE goals.
  • Over $5 million No goals. DVBE incentive provisions apply.
Bidders are reminded that good faith efforts do not apply to these contracts.
Bidders are cautioned to use certified DVBE firms performing commercially-usefull functions on the contract in order to receive credit towards the DVBE goals or incentives.
Each contract advertisement, Notice to Bidders and Special Provisions contain the DVBE requirements.
If you have any questions about the DVBE goals, please submit a bidder's inquiry.

New! (Feb 2011) If you'd like to pull back your submitted bid to make corrections, make sure you fill out the latest signature card and fax it in to the bidder's exchange. We also have a new release of bid documents form to keep with your bid runner in the event that you need to revise a bid. Both files are available on our Contractor Info Table, under the Bid Opening column.

CREB Projects
A site to provide information on the Clean Renewable Energy Bonds projects, which will install solar energy (photovoltaic) panels at various state facilities throughout the state.

Design-Build
Enter this site to view the Department's draft documents for the Design-Build Demonstration Program. Please submit your comments and questions.

If you need help with bonding, check out the Small Business Administration's Technical Assistance Bonding programs at www.sba.gov

Information on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Projects - This is a list of upcoming and awarded ARRA-funded projects.

Information on Bond Funded Projects - List of advertised and upcoming bond projects and their status

Have you had success using opt-in or our contractor advertising listing? Please let us know by dropping us a note on our feedback page. We'd love to hear from you.


New! We now have an XML file of all advertised project information for those that want the raw data used in creating our advertised project lists.
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Advertised Projects (Projects for Bid)

New to bidding Caltrans projects? Check out our Bidder's Exchange page for a quick rundown of our bidding resources.
  • All Advertised Projects
  • All Upcoming Projects
  • Calendar of Upcoming Bid Openings

Special Notices:

Pre-Qualified Products Lists (Authorized Materials List)
Vendors that want to get products or materials approved should go here, as well as bidders that would like to see a list of materials that have already been approved for use on our contracts.

Energy Crisis Information
Select to view a brief description of how Bid Opening will be conducted in the event of a power outage.

Bidder Inquiries

Caltrans Project Document Distribution Site
Enter this site to search for and locate Project Documents in Advertised and Active status by District and Contract number.

General Bidding and Publications Information
General bidding information with links to related sites.

Bid Opening Locations
Addresses for Sacramento and Irvine offices.

Contract Document Information Hotline
1999 Standard Specifications and Standard Plans ordering information; and the Plans Counter phone and fax numbers.

List of Plan Holders on Projects Out To Bid
Construction Contractors, Local Governments, Engineering Design Consultants, contract specification writers, and construction material suppliers.

Advertised Projects Special Provisions and Addenda
Projects are stored in separate folders named by their district number. Project folders include the Special Provisions for Caltrans construction projects, and the Project Plans. The Special Provisions are available in Microsoft Word (doc) or Adobe portable document format (pdf). The Project Plans are in TIFF file format. (more info)

Future Projects (STIP and SHOPP Programs)