BCS 2026-05 Pavement Management Engineering Services, Statewide

Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration is soliciting proposals under RFP BCS 2026-05 for statewide pavement management engineering services, with a pre-proposal meeting on November 6, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. The solicitation has no set-aside or preference program stated in the source.

Consultants will supply supplemental staff to the SHA Office of Materials Technology Pavement Management Section for pavement data collection, processing, analysis, and reporting; maintenance and enhancement of pavement management tools; pavement design; and on-site consulting. Work includes supporting annual roadway budget allocation plans, analyzing pavement performance data, providing technical assistance to district operations, and performing Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide activities. Work must follow MDOT, FHWA, and AASHTO engineering standards, and staff must complete SHA Core Training and meet safety equipment standards. Key staff requirements include a Maryland-registered Professional Engineer with seven years of pavement management experience, a Senior Pavement Engineer with five years of experience and three years of database management systems expertise, and two Pavement Engineers holding engineering bachelor's degrees. Consultants must carry $1,000,000 each in Professional Liability, Commercial General Liability, and Comprehensive Automobile Liability, plus Workers' Compensation with $1,000,000 Employer's Liability. On-site staff working 90 or more consecutive days at SHA facilities are subject to audited field overhead rates.

SHA intends to award up to three open-end, task-order-based IDIQ contracts with a combined funding ceiling not to exceed $12.6 million over a maximum five-year period. No minimum amount of work or funds is guaranteed. Contracts are funded with State and Federal funds. Payment methods include cost-plus-fixed-fee and unit cost rates. Salary rates are actual per-hour rates supported by Certified Payroll Rosters, and prime and subconsultant payroll burden and overhead rates must be supported by either an MDOT Modes approval letter or an independent Certified Public Accountant audit under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Technical proposals are scored on Written Technical Questions (40%), Key Staff qualifications (30%), and Work Plan (30%). Written questions must be submitted through the eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA) system by November 10, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Technical proposals are due December 16, 2026 before 12:00 p.m. Eastern through eMMA.