PNA 484-082426 GEC and OVF Services for I-75 South Express Lanes PI# 0020636

The Georgia Department of Transportation is issuing a Request for Qualifications on July 24, 2026 for General Engineering Consulting and Owner's Verification Firm services for the I-75 South Express Lanes project (PI# 0020636) extending from I-675 to Locust Grove Griffin Road, with Statements of Qualifications due August 24, 2026. Seventeen firms are restricted from participation and must be identified in the RFQ document.

The GEC scope encompasses design and environmental services across pre-let and post-let phases: conceptual work, special studies, traffic and revenue analysis, environmental documents, geotechnical investigation, surveying, costing plans, and quality assurance during post-let administration and engineering services. The Owner's Verification Firm will provide oversight and compliance verification of the P3 Developer's design, construction, operations, and maintenance work. GDOT specifies five required key team leaders: an Engineering Lead, NEPA Lead, Bridge/Structural Design Lead, Utilities Lead, and Construction Lead.

Required Area Class qualifications span environmental services (air studies, noise studies, ecology, archaeology, bat surveys), transportation planning (traffic studies, toll revenue studies), roadway design (urban and rural, interstate highway, widening and reconstruction), bridge design and inspection, surveying, utility coordination, construction supervision, and erosion and sedimentation control. Specific capability requirements within each discipline will be detailed in the RFQ.

A communication restriction is in effect from the advertisement date through award announcement. Firms may communicate with GDOT only through designated channels and as instructed in the RFQ; violations may result in submittal rejection. Inquiries should be directed to Grace Sherman, Georgia Department of Transportation Office of Procurement Engineering and Design Procurement, at 678-760-5667 or GrSherman@dot.ga.gov. GDOT reserves the right to modify the RFQ schedule at its sole discretion.