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Libby Exigency Project
MDT in cooperation with Lincoln County is quickly developing a project to replace the bridge on S-482, Farm to Market Road that was damaged by flooding in December 2025. Design is underway for the new bridge and roadway construction, while environmental, utility and right-of-way impacts are being coordinated. MDT is advancing this project quickly with the aim to have a permanent solution by the end of this year. The multi-span bridge will use prestressed concrete girders, with steel pile foundations, and a conventional concrete deck. MDT is expediting the procurement of certain superstructure elements. MDT will purchase the prestressed concrete girders, steel rocker bearings, and hardware in advance of construction and the materials will be delivered to the project site or local Maintenance yard during construction. A shortened advertising period is scheduled to begin on June 11^th, 2026 with the Bid Letting occurring on June 25^th. The anticipated Notice to Proceed is July 13^th.
Preliminary Quantities have been posted to the MDT Contracting & Bidding Webpage. PDF: PRELIMINARY QUANTITIES
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New Q&A Forum Closing Time: Beginning with the April 9th bid letting, the Q&A Forum will close to Contractor questions at 8:00am (previously 10am) on the Monday before bid letting unless it’s a state holiday. Answers provided by the Department to the questions, clarifications, and notifications can be posted up to 5:00 p.m., the day before the bid opening.
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Manufactured Products Waiver Notification
Beginning with the November 13, 2025 letting, the manufactured products waiver within 23 CFR 635.410 will be rescinded. Effectively, this means that the final manufacture of all materials defined as manufactured products in Section MT 601 of the MDT Materials Manual must meet domestic origin requirements. The Department is in the process of updating contract documents. Please contact Randy Boysen at rboysen@mt.gov with questions or concerns.
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101 - STANTON-ESSEX - April 09, 2026

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Submitted: Tuesday 07-APR-2026 10:14AM
Special provision #22, Recycling and Disposal of Cold Millings has been updated. Section B. 1 and 2 have been updated from windrow to stockpile. COLD MILLINGS SPECIAL

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Submitted: Wednesday 25-MAR-2026 02:57 PM
Company: True North Steel
Contact: Dawn Sheen
Are trash racks required for the 8" FES. Thank you.
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Submitted: Friday 27-MAR-2026 08:45AM
Trash racks will not be required for the 8" pipes.

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Submitted: Friday 27-MAR-2026 08:40 AM
Company: Knife River
Contact: Kurtis Paulson
Will MDT please provide as-builts or any pertinent info beyond the inspection report for MDT I.D. Structure #05034, the bridge over the Middle Fork of the Flathead River? We need a better understanding of the structural components to determine what will be needed to comply with SP#11.
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Submitted Monday 30-MAR-2026 08:43AM
The files linked below represent the as-built drawings for the structures. MDT provides them for informational purposes only. They do not include drawings for modifications to the structures, such as joint replacements and guardrail revisions and may not completely represent current conditions. Thus, some of the information contained in these documents may be out of date or not applicable with regard to the advertised project. The contractor should not rely solely on the as-built drawings provided for bidding purposes nor does any data in these files supersede the data in the contract documents. AS BUILTS

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Submitted: Monday 30-MAR-2026 04:07 PM
Company: Schellinger Construction Co., Inc.
Contact: Grant Roberts
Would MDT allow for a flex time NTP date of July 13th? This would allow more time for material crushing and mix design verification.
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Submitted: Tuesday 31-MAR-2026 03:04PM
The NTP will remain as advertised.

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Submitted: Monday 06-APR-2026 07:59 AM
Company: Smith River Construction LLC
Contact: Cory Buford
MDT 101 Stanton - Essex Would MDT consider a July 13 Start date due to the time required for lead times to procure the joint materials required for the Revise joint. Lead times are 6-8 weeks for shop drawings and 6-8 mores weeks for production. Please advise
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Submitted: Monday 06-APR-2026 03:20 PM
The NTP will remain as advertised.

102 - BROWNING-URBAN - April 09, 2026

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Submitted: Tuesday 07-APR-2026 10:42AM
An Amendment has been posted for this project: AMENDMENT
To download the amendment bid files:Bid Express™ Secure Internet Bidding

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Submitted: Monday 16-MAR-2026 09:46 AM
MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE – Special Provision # 4

A pre-bid conference will be held at the following time and location:
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 10:00AM – 11:30 AM

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Submitted: Wednesday 1-APR-2026 09:26AM
Pre-Bid Conference Attendee list LIST

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Submitted:Monday 30-MAR-2026 02:04PM
The following special provision is hereby added to the contract: ~~WINDSOCK~~
The following Bid Items will be added by amendment:
~~104 030 011 MISCELLANEOUS ITEM-LS~~
619 010 300 POST-TUBULAR STEEL-LB, Qty 146
619 010 742 FRANG SIGN POST BKWY-3.5 IN RD-EA, Qty. 1
SIGN PLANS have been updated SIGN PLANS

An amendment will be issued, updated bid files will be posted.
UPDATE
Submitted: Tuesday 31-MAR-2026 02:06PM
The following special provision has been updated: WINDSOCK
Bid item 104 030 011 MISCELLANEOUS ITEM-LS has been removed

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Submitted: Tuesday 31-MAR-2026 01:29PM
The following bid item quantity has been updated
104 030 010 MISCELLANEOUS WORK – UNIT, Qty 30,000

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103 - SF229 HELENA PEDESTRIAN IMPRV - April 09, 2026

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Submitted: Tuesday 07-APR-2026 10:48AM
An Amendment has been posted for this project: AMENDMENT
To download the amendment bid files: Bid Express™ Secure Internet Bidding

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Submitted: Wednesday 15-APR-2026 08:47 AM
Company: HighMark Traffic Services
Contact: Brad Meyer
The bid item 620011355 Words & Symbols -White-High Perf Tape is a 3M product. Detail Drawings Sheet 56 Specifies Hot Tape which is a different product. Please Clarify.

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Submitted: Thursday 16-APR-2026 11:27 AM
Company: TLA North
Contact: Frank Dugas
The special provisions section 26 item B does not list the desired lumen level of the LED Luminaires. Please advise the desired lumen level.

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Submitted: Thursday 16-APR-2026 11:22 AM
Company: TLA North
Contact: Frank Dugas
In the special provisions item 27 ...HIGH EFFICACY LUMINAIRE LED ..B calls out "Furnish LEDs rated to produce a minimum of 90% intensity at 100,000 hours of life based on IES TM-21 (L90). " After an extensive search, we believe there are no commercially available roadway luminaires on the US market that meet L90 @100,000. The best we have been able to locate is L70 @ 100,000. Please advise the name of the manufacturer you are basing the L90 @ 100,000 specification on.

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Submitted: Friday 17-APR-2026 10:45 AM
Company: White Resources Group, Inc
Contact: Matthew White
608 010 060 Sidewalk - Reinforced 6 In - What reinforcement is required for this item? 609 010 030 Curb - Conc Median Type A - Is this item intended to be different than detailed drawing 609-10? On Sheet 17 of the plans, it appears that the curb is one inch taller than the detailed drawing which will require a different mold.

206 - SF 179 BERNICE CURVE BARRIER - April 30, 2026

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301 - NEVI PROGRAM - INTERSTATE SYSTEM - July 29, 2026

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Submitted: Wednesday 18-MAR-2026 11:00 AM
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is soliciting design and construction services for the Design-Build project identified below. Contractor and consultant teams (Firms) are encouraged to submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) response electronically by 11:00 a.m., local time on April 7, 2026.

Project Name: NEVI Program- Interstate System
Project No: EV STWD(983)
Control No: 10436000

Project Description:
The Project consists of performing all services necessary to design, construct, operate, and maintain EV charging stations in compliance with the requirements described in the draft Contract included as Attachment 2. The EV charging stations will be located along Montana’s AFCs at locations to be determined by Proposers as described in the draft RFP included as Attachment 1. The work generally includes the following:
• Design and construct a minimum of four network-connected direct current (DC) 150 kilowatt (kW) charging ports, at each EV charging station, capable of simultaneously and continuously charging four EVs, located within approximately a one-mile driving distance of an AFC, and available for use by the public 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and year-round.
• Operate and maintain the EV charging infrastructure for a minimum of five years following EVSE Acceptance pursuant to Section 4.6.4 (EVSE Acceptance) of the Contract in accordance with the O&M Period requirements.
• Provide secure payment methods.
• Collect, process, retain, and share near real-time and static data.
• Provide a minimum of 20 percent of Eligible Project Cost.

The project RFQ and attachments can be found at the following link: RFQ-ATTACHMENTS

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Submitted: Monday 23-MAR-2026 11:36 AM
MDT is hosting an SOQ Webinar at 11:00 am Mountain Time on March 25, 2026, to highlight important components of the RFQ. This informational webinar is open to the public with microphone and video disabled. All questions should be asked through the Q&A Forum in accordance with the RFQ and no questions will be answered during the webinar.
Topic: MDT SOQ Webinar
Time: Mar 25, 2026 11:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Submitted: Wednesday 25-MAR-2026 08:35AM
Update to the Personnel Experience Section 3.4 of the RFQ:
The Personnel Experience portion of the SOQ shall not exceed 16, 8.5”x11” pages (two pages maximum for each of the eight resumes). Personnel Experience is a scored element with a scoring total score of 300 points.

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Submitted: Thursday 26-MAR-2026 07:36 AM
NEVI Program SOQ PowerPoint and Webinar: NEVI SOQ

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Submitted: Tuesday 14-APR-2026 11:55 AM
In lieu of the email mdtalternativecontracting@mt.gov provided in Section 2.3: SOQ Submittal of the RFQ, please submit SOQ’s through the file transfer service to Eric Parrish at eparrish@mt.gov and Aubrey Yerger at ayerger@mt.gov. The email (mdtalternativecontracting@mt.gov) appears to be invalid when used with the state file transfer service.

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Submitted: Thursday 26-MAR-2026 11:38AM
The SOQ submittal date posted to the Q&A forum is hereby amended to April 15^th at 11:00 a.m. local time to align with the procurement schedule in the RFQ.

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Submitted: Tuesday 07-APR-2026 11:56AM
The Preproposal meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 26^th, 2026, from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM local time.

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Submitted: Friday 10-APR-2026 08:34AM
The introduction (Page 1, Paragraph 3) of the RFQ is hereby modified as follows:

“Proposers may elect to pursue ~~one, multiple, or all~~ a minimum of three EV charging stations identified in the subsequent Request for Proposals (RFP). Following evaluation of the Statement of Qualifications (SOQs), MDT will identify a shortlist of Proposers that will receive an RFP and may submit a Proposal to MDT. After evaluation of Proposals, Montana Transportation Commission (MTC) will select one NEVI Contractor, and MDT will enter into ~~one~~ three or more EV charging station-specific agreements with the NEVI Contractor. “

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Submitted: Thursday 19-MAR-2026 09:18 AM
Company: MN8 Energy
Contact: Brianna Alix
Within the RFQ, it is outlined that there will be an SOQ webinar held on 3/25. Could you please share how we should register for the session?
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Submitted: Monday 23-MAR-2026 11:29 AM
MDT will post the SOQ webinar information as a notification to the Q&A Forum.

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Submitted: Monday 30-MAR-2026 12:59 PM
Company: Voltpost
Contact: Olivia Cosio
Is MDT only interested in DCFC along AFCs? Can these federal funds also go towards Level 2 chargers at the zones outlined in the RFP?
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Submitted: Wednesday 01-APR-2026 08:25 AM
This project will not offer funding for AC level 2 charging ports.

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Submitted: Wednesday 01-APR-2026 08:31 AM
Company: Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc
Contact: Paris Despenza
1. Does the applicant have to apply under joint venture if the EVSE provider is a contractor on the project? Or can we just provide the letter of commitments for them?
2. Can we include cover pages? If so, does that count towards the max page amount limit?
3. Does the percentage of their contributions on a project have to be on the key personnel resume?
4. Do we have to register prior to submission of the SOQ?
5. Does the form have to stay within their individual page limit? For example, if form a is 1 pg, form b is 3pgs, form c is 1 pg, not exceeding 5pgs in total does that suffice?
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Submitted: Thursday 2-APR-2026 03:29PM
1. No, Proposer does not have to propose as a JV. The Proposer can propose as a single entity led by a prime with subcontractors or a JV. If the Proposer intends to form a JV, but has not yet done so, the Proposer can provide a signed letter of intent or teaming agreement stating intent to form a JV if awarded.
2. A cover page may be included for the whole proposal and a cover page to separate each section outlined in the RFQ. These sheets will not count towards the max page limit.
3. No, the percentage contribution/time spent on a particular project doesn’t specifically need to be included on the key personnel resume.
4. Per section 3.4 of the RFQ,"the EVSE Contractor and any other team memeber that will perform construction or installation is required to be a licensed contractor in the state of Montana prior to the execution of the Contract."
5. The Max Pages in scoring table 4.2.1 should be followed for page limits. Each form and section should not exceed the designated page limits.

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Submitted: Monday 13-APR-2026 03:46 PM
Company: Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc
Contact: Paris Despenza
Per the RFQ it states to send the submission to mdtalternativecontracting@mt.gov. However, it states that email is invalid and gives an error. If the submission is sent to the two contacts listed in the RFQ Eric Parrish and Aubrey Yerger, is the submission considered valid and properly submitted?
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Submitted: Tuesday 14-APR-2026 07:17 AM
Yes, the submission received via email to Eric Parrish (eparrish@mt.gov) and Aubrey Yerger (ayerger@mt.gov) is considered valid.

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Submitted: Tuesday 14-APR-2026 07:46 AM
Company: Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc
Contact: Paris Despenza
Are applicants required to acknowledge the clarifications?
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Submitted: Wednesday 15-APR-2026 03:17 PM
Clarifications are considered to be part of the Q&A. Therefore, acknowledgement of the Q&A, as indicated in Section 3.2.1 of the RFQ, is acknowledgement of the clarifications.

303 - MILL CREEK HIGHWAY - September 22, 2026

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Submitted: Wednesday 15-APR-2026 11:36AM
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is soliciting design and construction services for the Design-Build project identified below. Contractor and consultant teams (Firms) are encouraged to submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) response electronically by 11:00 a.m., local time on May 13, 2026.

Project Name: MILL CREEK HIGHWAY
Project No: SSS 569-1(11)6
Control No: 10473000

Project Description:
The scope of work for this Design-Build contract includes reconstruction of approximately five miles of Secondary Highway 569 (S-569), also known as Mill Creek Highway, from reference post (RP) 6.11 to RP 11.0. The project is funded by a RAISE grant awarded to Anaconda-Deer Lodge County (ADLC). The project is intended to address existing deficiencies and improve safety. The roadway will be reconstructed to include 12-foot driving lanes and 1-foot shoulders. Additionally, the project will improve roadway geometrics and reconstruct the existing pavement with new bituminous surfacing. The project will also include new centerline rumble strips, pavement markings, signage, guardrail, improved clear zones and side slopes, and improved hydraulics, culvert and storm water infrastructure.

The project RFQ and attachments can be found at the following link: RFQ AND ATTACHMENTS

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101 - STANTON-ESSEX - April 09, 2026

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102 - BROWNING-URBAN - April 09, 2026

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103 - SF229 HELENA PEDESTRIAN IMPRV - April 09, 2026

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104 - SF 179 N-24 CURVE SFTY IMPRV - April 09, 2026

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201 - S-238/S-300 RYEGATE - April 30, 2026

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202 - FLORENCE EAST & SF 199 BECKWITH ST MSLA CNTY - April 30, 2026

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205 - RRXING-BENTON AVE-HELENA - April 30, 2026

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