• Plan Development Services for ConsultantsThe following areas provide links to the most common reference materials and tools used in the preparation of plans and proposals, as required for the letting of projects.
Suggestions for additional helpful links, questions or problems with links contained on this site should be addressed to Brian Thelen

• Bid Letting Guides, forms, schedules, contact information, and Bid Express

• Bid Letting Questions and Answers

• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Certification

• Vendor/Consultant Services Important information pertaining to Requests For Proposals and all Vendor/Consultant Services

• Receive E-mail Updates Sign up to receive e-mail updates for Survey, Design Advisories, Road/Bridge Design Publications, Engineering Support, and Consultants through MDOT's GovDelivery e-mail system.

• MicroStation mdot_01 Workspace Download

• MicroStation - related files

• Engineering Support Services Announcements

• Program/Project Management System

• 0200 Request for Plan Review Meeting 

• 0226 Survey / Mapping Action Request 

• 0253 Certification & Acceptance - Type 2 (CPM) 

• 0256 Advertising Data 

• 0265 Certification & Acceptance - Type 1 (Regular) 

• 0271 Request to Acquire ROW (Preliminary) 

• 0271A Request to Revise ROW 

• 0271B Submittal of Final ROW 

• 0301 Certification & Acceptance - Type 3 (T & S) 

• 0370 ADA Statement of Technical Infeasiblity 

• 0500 Coring Request 

• 1126 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Inspection Report 

• 1730 Traffic Analysis Request 

• 2047 Project Agreement Checklist 

• 2480 Request for Utility Information at Base Plan Stage 

• 2481 Letter to Public/Private Utilities at Preliminary Plan Stage 

• 2482 Letter to Municipal Utilities at Preliminary Plan Stage 

• 2913 Plan Review Material Submittal Order 

• FC26 Design Exception Request 

• FC26 Design Exception Request Instructions 

• MDOT Forms

• 2012 Weighted Average Item Price Report 

• 2012 Traffic and Safety Special Provisions 

• 2012 Pay Item Code Book, Forward 

• 2012 Pay Item Code Book, Alphabetical 

• 2012 Pay Item Code Book, Alphabetical 

• 2012 Pay Item Code Book, Numerical 

• 2012 Pay Item Code Book, Numerical 

• MDOT Region Names & Numbers 

• Special Provisions for Pay Items Using Modified or Special 

• Special Provisions & Supplemental Specifications (DESSSSP)

• Previously Approved Special Provisions

• New Installation of SAPW (Release 5.10c) 

• Updates Available for Importing into SAPW  This zip file contains updates to the Items, Code Table Names, Code Table Values and Districts. Updated 1/11/2013.

TrnsportPES / SAPW questions? Contact: MDOT-TrnsportPES

• e-Proposal Training for MDOT Consultants 

• How To: Using the Plan TOC-Template.PDF for Bookmarking PDF Plan Set 

• How To: Use Table of Contents Template for Bookmarking Proposal.PDF 

• How To: Divide Plan Files for Large Projects 

• How To: Replace Submitted Title Sheet with Scanned Signed Title Sheet 

• How To: QC Your Plan Files 

• Final QA/QC Checklist 

• Project Scoping 

• 2911 Structure Lump Sum Item Worksheet 

• Submission of Final Plan/Proposal Package 

• Final ROW Checklist 

• OEC Meeting 

• Plan Review - Bridge 

• Plan Review - Road 

• Preliminary ROW Checklist 

• Road and Bridge Design Publications - Monthly Update

• Design Advisories

• Act 51 Participation 

• Maintenance Funded Projects--Procedures 

• Non-Freeway State Program Instructions 

• FHWA/Michigan Division

• Design Updates

• Exception to the Plan Review/OEC Meeting Process 

• QA/QC Review Process by Template 

• MDOT - FHWA Stewardship Agreement 

• Report 44 - State Highway Bridges, Culverts and Grade Separations

• MDOT CORS

• Training Video - Tracking Changes Using ProjectWise and Microsoft Word for Special Provisions 

• Special Provision Formatting Instructions 

• 2012 New Frequently Used Special Provisions 

• 2012 Warranty Frequently Used Special Provisions 

• 2012 Standard Specifications for Construction Synopsis of Changes 

• 2012 FUSP Changes List 

• 2012 Standard Specifications for Construction

• Scoping Manual

• As Built Plans: Mark-Up Standards 

• As Built Plans: ProjectWise Submittal Procedures for Jobs Let by E-Proposal 

• QA/QC Process Guide for Project Managers 

• Standard Plans/Special Details Q & A

• PPMS Task Manual 

• Traffic Standards, Special Details, MOT, Guides, MMUTCD, and Consultant Files

• Materials Source Guide

• Guidelines for Plan Preparation, Bridge Sample Plans

• Guidelines for Plan Preparation, Road Sample Plans

• Bridge Design Guides

• Drainage Manual

• Standard Plans

• Road Design Manual

• Bridge Design Manual

• Special Details

• Design Survey Manual

• Bridge Design Guides - Metric Archive

• Road Design Manual-Metric Archive

• Standard Plans - Metric Archive

• Bridge Design Manual-Metric Archive

• Special Details - Metric Archive