PREVAILING WAGE RATES_HWYCONSTRUCTION_1JUL2025.pdf

This is a prevailing wage rates document for highway construction issued by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) effective July 1, 2025. The document establishes the mandatory wage rates that contractors must pay workers on the West Yellowstone Airport Access Road Reconstruction Project (contract number MDT-316397-MS). The project involves comprehensive road reconstruction work including mobilization, traffic control, erosion control, pavement removal, asphalt milling, shoulder grading, aggregate base course installation, asphalt surface application, pavement markings, and seeding/hydromulching. Schedule I encompasses removal of 44 square yards of concrete and 7,352 square yards of asphalt, 5,479 linear feet of shoulder grading, installation of 1,400 tons of asphalt surface course, and erosion control across 2 acres. Schedule II includes smaller quantities with 6 square yards of concrete removal, 1,908 square yards of asphalt removal, and 357 tons of asphalt surface course. Bids opened on March 11, 2026, with responses due by April 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM MDT.

All contractors performing work on this project must be registered with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry under sections 39-9-201 and 39-9-204, MCA, and must comply with the prevailing wage rates specified in this document. Bids totaling $150,000 or greater require bid security equal to 10 percent of the total bid amount. Contractors must submit payment terms of Net 30 as part of their bid response. Compliance with state nondiscrimination requirements regarding firearm entities or trade associations per 30-20-Montana Code Annotated is mandatory. No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are identified in the solicitation documents. Inquiries regarding the solicitation should be directed to Michele Smith at mismith@mt.gov or (406) 444-6033.