Hazard Elimination & Safety Improvements, FM 1497

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is soliciting bids for hazard elimination and safety improvements on FM 1497 from State Loop 286 to FM 1184 in Lamar County, Texas under State Let Construction Contract STP 2026(784)HES, with proposals due June 2, 2026. A Notarized Buy America Certification Form is required for all items classified as construction materials — a federal-aid compliance gate.

The project spans 6.091 miles and encompasses safety treating of fixed objects, right-of-way preparation, concrete removal and repair, excavation, embankment work, seeding and erosion control, concrete and riprap installation, reinforced concrete pipe and culvert placement, headwall and safety end treatment work, structure removal, guardrail installation and removal, mailbox and delineator assembly, driveway and turnout work, traffic control, and temporary erosion and sedimentation controls. The scope includes 63 distinct pay items with unit-price bidding required for each. Work must be completed within 96 working days.

This is a federally funded project subject to Davis-Bacon wage rates, nondiscrimination requirements, and Form FHWA-1273 provisions. Bidders must register with the e-Verify system, submit conflict-of-interest and foreign-adversaries-compliance certifications, and comply with prohibitions on certain telecommunications equipment. Contractors must submit a construction operations plan and bar-chart progress schedule before work begins and achieve 70 percent perennial vegetative cover establishment prior to final estimate release.

Proposal guaranty of $16,000 is required, submitted as cashier's check, teller's check, official check, bank money order, or bid bond. Audited financial statement and experience questionnaire must be submitted at least ten days prior to the letting date. Questions are directed to TxDOT's Letting Pre-Bid Q&A web page. Monthly estimate cutoff occurs on the 25th of each month, with material-on-hand cutoff on the 20th.