STATE LET CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, MONTAGUE CO, CONSTRUCT REST AREA

The Texas Department of Transportation is soliciting bids for the construction of a rest area along US 81 in Montague County, Texas, with an estimated contract value of $14,570,882.56. The project, identified as STP 2000(294)TP, requires a full development of the rest area facility with a performance period of 383 working days, though exact start and end dates are not specified. Bids must be submitted electronically via the Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) and the Electronic Bidding System by 1:00 PM on August 5, 2026, with proposals directed to the TxDOT Austin HQ at 6230 E Stassney Ln, RM MIC3.02, Austin, TX 78744-3147. The solicitation sets a DBE goal of 0.0%, indicating no mandatory participation requirements for disadvantaged business enterprises. The contracting office is the TxDOT Statewide Engineering Division, and general inquiries can be directed to Aaron Bloom in Gainesville, TX, while technical documentation, plans, specifications, and any addenda are exclusively available through the official electronic systems. No detailed clause language, evaluation factors, payment terms, inspection criteria, or line-item pricing schedules are included in the provided materials, and key administrative roles such as the Contracting Officer’s Representative or Contracting Officer are not formally identified. The project location spans from US 287, eight miles south of Bowie, to an unspecified terminus within the county, and the contract type is classified as a state-let construction contract without a specified pricing structure like FFP or IDIQ. All official requirements, including packaging, delivery, and acceptance procedures, are referenced as being contained in external documents accessible only through the electronic bidding portals, with no detailed specifications or standards listed in the publicly available summary.