Transport i infrastruktura · 12/16/1994
Administration of Engineering and Design Related Services Contracts; Private Sector Involvement Program
This document amends the current regulation on the administration of engineering and design services contracts in order to establish a private sector involvement program, in accordance with section 1060 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 (Pub. L. 102-240). The objective of the private sector involvement program is to encourage State highway agencies (SHA's), when using Federal-aid highway funds under the grant-in-aid process, to increase their use of contracts with private sector consulting firms for engineering and design-related services when it would be cost- effective to do so. Upon appropriation of funds to be allocated and solicitation of applications, each SHA may submit a request for funding under the new private sector involvement program together with required documentation, as specified in this final rule.