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101.01 Abbreviations and Definitions Used in Contracts and Proposal
Forms
1.Whenever in the Nebraska St andard Specifications for Highway Construction or in other contract documents, the following terms or pronouns in place of them are used, the intent and meaning shall be interpreted as follows:
101.02 Abbreviations
1.Whenever the following abbreviations and acronyms are used in the Standard Specifications or in the Contract, they are to be construed the same as the respective expressions represented: AAN American Association of Nurserymen. AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. ACI American Concrete Institute. AISC American Institut e of Steel Construction. ANSI American Nationa l Standards Institute. ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials. ATSSA American Traffic Safety Services Association. AWG American Wire Gage. AWPA American Wood Preservers Association. AWS American Welding Society. CFR Code of Federal Regulations. DBE Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. EBS Electronic Bidding System. EEO Equal Employment Opportunity. FAA Federal Aviation Administration. FHWA Federal Highway Administration. IMSA International Municipal Signal Association. ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association. ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers. MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. NDOR/NDR/NDOT Nebraska Depart ment of Transportation. NEC National Electrical Code. NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association. NPDES National Pollution Discharge Elimination System. ROW Right-of-Way.
101.02 General Information, Definitions, and Terms
- 6 - SAE Society of Automotive Engineers. SSPC Steel Structures Painting Council. UL Underwriters Laboratories. USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers. VEP Value Engineering Proposal.
2.Common engineering and construction abbreviations for measurements and work items are: Items of Work and Units of Measurement A Ampere a Acre cd Candela cm Centimeter Conc. Concrete m 3 Cubic Meter ea Each ft Foot/Feet ft 2 or SF Square Feet ft3 or CF Cubic Feet FC Foot-Candle ft-lb Foot-Pound gal, G or g Gallon gpm or GPM Gallons Per Minute gps Gallons per Second h Hour Hz Hertz in Inch J Joule kg Kilogram kip 1000 Pounds km/h Kilometers per hour kN Kilonewton kPa Kilopascal lb Pound LF Linear Foot L Liter L/h Liters per Hour L/min. Liters per Minute L/s Liters per Second General Information, Definitions, and Terms 101.03 - 7 - lm Lumen LS Lump Sum lx Lux MGal 1000 Gallon Mg Megagram MHz Megahertz MPa Megapascal M Meter µm Micrometer mil 1/1000 Inch Mi or M Mile MPH Miles Per Hour mm Millimeter N Newton Pa Pascal PVC Polyvinyl Chloride psi Pounds Per Square Inch s Second m2 Square Meter Sta Station StaM Station (Metric) T Ton V Volt W Watt yd 2 or SY Square Yards
101.03 Definitions
101.0301 -- Access Connection
1.Any roadway facility by means of which vehicles can enter or leave an arterial highway. This includes: inte rsections at grade, private driveways, and ramps or separate lanes connecting with cross streets or frontage roads. 101.0302 -- Addendum
1.A written and/or graphic document, issued to all bidders prior to bid opening and identified as an addendum. An addendum modifies or supplements the bid documents and becomes a part of the contract. 101.0303 -- Advertisement
1.A public announcement inviting bids for work to be performed or materials to be supplied.
101.03 General Information, Definitions, and Terms
- 8 - 101.0304 -- Arterial Highway
1.A highway primarily for through traffic, usually on a continuous route. 101.0305 -- Auxiliary Lane
1.The portion of the roadway adjoining the traveled way for parking, speed change, or for other purposes supplementary to through traffic movement. 101.1. 0306 -- Award
1.The decision of the Department to accept the bid of the lowest responsible and responsive bidder for the advertised work. The award is subject to the execution and approval of a satisfactory Contract and Bond to secure the performance thereof, and to such other conditions as may be specified or otherwise required by law. 101.0307 -- Backslope
1.The surface of a cut that slope s downward toward the roadway. 101.0308 -- Balance Factor
1.A ratio used to equate the amount of excavation to the amount of fill. Excavation generally will exceed the amount of fill be cause soil shrinkage occurs during handling and compacting. 101.0309 -- Bid
1.A bidder’s offer on Department provided forms (including electronic forms) to perform stated work at the quoted prices. It includes all documents as set forth in paragraph 102.11. 101.0310 -- Bidder
1.Any individual, firm, corporation, or joint venture of individuals, firms, or corporations submitting a bid for the work contemplated, acting directly or through a duly authorized representative. 101.0311 -- Borrow Site
1.The source of approved material required for the construction of embankments, or other portion s of earthwork requirements. 101.0312 -- Bridge
1.A structure including supports er ected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, highway, or railway, and having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having an opening measured along the center of the roadway of more than 20 feet between undercopings of abutments or sp ring lines of arches, or extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes; it may also include multiple pipes, where the clear distance between openings is less than half of the smaller contiguous opening. 101.0313 -- Bridge Length
1.The overall length along the cent erline of the bridge from end to end of the bridge floor. General Information, Definitions, and Terms 101.03 - 9 - 101.0314 -- Calendar Day
1.Every day shown on the calendar, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, beginning and ending at midnight, except a Calendar Day does not include a day when work cann ot be performed because of natural phenomena of such magnitude that they result in the Governor issuing a Disaster Declaration. 101.0315 -- Change Order
1.A written order issued by the Engineer to the Contractor, covering changes within the sc ope of the contract. 101.0316 -- Channel
1.A natural or artificial waterway. 101.0317 -- Commission
1.The Nebraska State Highway Commission. 101.0318 -- Contract
1.The written agreement exec uted between the Department and the successful bidder, covering the performance of the work and the furnishing of labor and material, by which the bidder is bound to construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain and/or repair ro ads, bridges, buildings, and their appurtenances and furnish the labor and materials, and by which the Department is obligated to compensate him/her therefore at the mutually established and accepted rate or price.
2.The Contract includes th e Plans, Standard Specifications, Supplemental Specifications, Special Provisions, Proposal Form (including addenda), Bid, Contract form and Contra ct Bond, Notice to Proceed, and any change orders and agreements that are required to complete the construction of the work in an a cceptable manner, including authorized extensions thereof, all of whic h constitute one instrument. 101.0319 -- Contract Bond
1.The security executed by the bidder and the bidder’s surety or sureties furnished to the Department to guarantee complete performance of the contract. 101.0320 -- Contract Item
1.An item of work specifically de scribed and for which a price, either per unit, each, or lump sum, is provi ded. It includes the performance of all work and the furnishing of all labor, equipment, and materials described in the text of the Standard Specification item includ ed in the contract or described in any subdivision of the text of the Supplemental Specification or Special Provision of the Contract. 101.0321 -- Contractor
1.The individual or legal entity c ontracting with the Department for the construction, reconstruction, improv ement, maintenance, and/or repair of roads, bridges, and their appurtenances.
101.03 General Information, Definitions, and Terms
- 10 - 101.0322 -- Contract Time
1.The number of calendar days or the number of working days specified in the contract as the time allowed for the completion of the work, including authorized time extensions.
2.When a calendar date for full or partial completion is shown in the contract, in lieu of a number of wo rking or calendar days, the work contemplated shall be completed by that date, regardless of weather, holidays or other conditions. 101.0323 -- Control of Access
1.The condition where the right of owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons to access, light, air, or view in connection with a highway is fully or partially controlled by public authority. Full Control of Access: The authority to control access is exercised to give preference to through traffic by providing access connections with selected roads only and by prohibiting crossings at grade or direct private driveway connections. Partial Control of Access: The authority to control access is exercised to give preference to through traffic to a degree that, in addition to the access connections with selected public roads, there may be some crossings at grade and some private driveway connections. 101.0324 -- County
1.The County in which the work is to be done, represented by its Board of Commissioners or Supervisors. Reference to any County officer shall be taken to mean such officer of the County as now defined. 101.0325 -- Culvert
1.Any structure not classified as a bridge which provides an opening under any roadway. 101.0326 -- Current Controlling Operation
1.The operation that must be perf ormed on the current day to prevent delay in the final completion of the work. 101.0327 -- DBE - Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
1.A Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) is a for-profit small business concern:
a.that is at least 51% owned by one or more individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged or, in the case of a corporation, in which 51% of the stock is owned by one or more such individuals; and
b.whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of the socially and economically disadvantaged individuals who own it. 101.0328 -- Department
1.Department means the Nebra ska Department of Transportation. General Information, Definitions, and Terms 101.03 - 11 -101.0 329 -- Detour
1.A temporary official route using existing roads to divert traffic around a roadway project. Detours are maintained and marked by the State or other proper authority. 101.0330 -- Divided Highway
1.A highway with separated roadways for traffic to travel in opposite directions. 101.0331 -- Earthwork Measured in Embankment
1.The calculated compacted volume of the embankment shown in the contract, where balance factors do not apply. 101.0332 -- Easement (Right-of-Way)
1.A right acquired by public author ity to use or control property for a designated highway purpose. 101.0333 -- Embankment
1.A raised soil structure. 101.0334 -- Employee
1.A person working on a Departm ent project for the Contractor. 101.0335 -- Engineer
1.The representative duly authoriz ed by the Department acting within the scope of the particular duties assi gned or authority given to him/her. 101.0336 -- Equipment
1.All machinery and supplies necessary for the construction, performance, and completion of the Contract. 101.0337 -- Existing Pavement
1.Existing Pavement is the pavement that exists before work starts. 101.0338 -- Expressway
1.A divided arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial control of access and which may have grade separations at intersections. 101.0339 -- Extra Work
1.An item of work and/or provisi ons for materials not included in the original contract. 101.0340 -- Federal Agencies and Officers
1.Agencies, officers, and their successors of the United States Government. 101.0341 -- Final Acceptance
1.Final acceptance is the date a final payment document is drawn by the Department. 101.0342 -- Foreslope
1.The surface sloping downward and away from shoulder line. 101.0343 -- Freeway
1.An expressway with full control of access.
101.03 General Information, Definitions, and Terms
- 12 - 101.0344 -- Frontage Street or Frontage Road
1.A local street or road adjacent to a highway for service to abutting property. 101.0345 -- Grade Separation
1.A crossing of two highways at different elevations. 101.0346 -- Highway
1.A road or street, including the entire area within the right-of-way, which has been designated a part of the State Highway System. 101.0347 -- Holidays
1.Nebraska legal holidays occur on January 1, the third Monday in January and February, the last Friday in April, the last Monday in May, July 4, the first Monday in September, the second Monday in October, November 11, the fourth Thursday and the following Friday in November, and December 25. If the date falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be the holiday. If the date falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be the holiday. All dates are subject to possible revision by State Statute or by proclamation of the Governor. 101.0348 -- Inspector
1.The Engineer’s authorized representative assigned to make detailed inspections of the work performed and materials furnished by the Contractor. 101.0349 -- Laboratory
1.The testing laboratory of th e Department or any other testing laboratory which may be designated by the Engineer. 101.0350 -- Letting
1.The public opening and reading of bids received from bidders for work advertised by the Department, t he Local Public Agency, or Political Subdivision. 101.0351 -- Local Public Agency (LPA)
1.A Local Public Agency (LPA) may be a Nebraska city, village, county, township, political subdivision, public corporation, Native American Tribe, Natural Resources District, school district, or other organization with authority to construct, operate and maintain a transportation project. 101.0352 --- Major Item of Work
1.An item whose total original contract cost exceeds 10% of its original group total amount. Items in “Group 10 – General” do not qualify as Major Items of Work. 101.0353 -- Materials
1.Any substance specified for use in the construction of the project. All materials shall be new unless otherwise stated in the contract. 101.0354 -- Median
1.The portion of a divided highway separating the traveled ways. General Information, Definitions, and Terms 101.03 - 13 - 101.0355 -- Median Lane
1.A speed-change lane within the median to accommodate left- turning vehicles. 101.0356 -- Mitigation Site
1.Those areas that will replac e waterways or other environmentally sensitive locations, including wetlands, impacted in highway construction. 101.0357 -- NDOT Work Day
1.“NDOT Work Day” is any week day (Monday thru Friday) excluding holidays when the Department is open for normal (not emergency) business. 101.0358 -- Notice to Contractors
1.The advertisement of the provis ions, requirements, and instructions pertaining to the work on which bids are to be received, and the manner and time of submitting bids as prepared for the information of bidders. 101.0359 -- Notice to Proceed
1.A written notice to the Cont ractor establishing the date the Contractor shall begin the contracted work. 101.0360 -- Pavement Structure
1.The combination of sub-base, base course, foundation course, and surface course placed on a subgrade to support the traffic load and distribute it to the roadbed. 101.0361 -- Plans
1.The project drawings, profiles, typical cross sections, general cross sections, standard plans, special plans, summary of soil and materials survey information, aerial photo maps, earthwork computations, design data, and supplemental sheets or drawings, or exact reproductions thereof, approved by the Engineer, which show the location, character, dimensions and details of the work to be done, and which are to be considered as a part of the contract supplementary to the Standard Specifications. 101.0362 -- Point of Delivery
1.A place, determined by the contract or the Engineer, where materials will be received or placed. 101.0363 -- Political Subdivision
1.Any local governments created by the state to help fulfill their obligations. Political subdivisions incl ude, but are not limited to: counties, cities, towns, villages, and special districts such as school districts, water districts, park districts, and airport districts. 101.0364 -- Profile Grade
1.The trace of a vertical plane intersecting the top of the proposed wearing surface, usually along the lo ngitudinal centerline of the roadbed. Profile grade means either elevation or gradient of the trace depending on the context. 101.0365 -- Project
1.The construction to be pe rformed under the contract.
101.03 General Information, Definitions, and Terms
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1.The Department’s authorized on- site representative acting within the scope of the particular duties assigned to him/her. The Project Manager shall be responsible for maintaining records of the work performed and monitoring the manner of performance and progress of the work. The Project Manager is responsible for the prep aration of the progress and final estimates utilized to compensate the Contractor for the performance of the work. 101.0367 -- Proposal Form
1.The document that includes the description of the location of the work, time and place where bids will be accepted, the general conditions and special provisions. It also incl udes, by reference, the plans and specifications. 101.0368 -- Proposal Guaranty Bid Bond (Bid Bond)
1.A bond provided by the bidder and obtained from a Surety Company authorized to contract in N ebraska which secures the bidder’s bid until the Contract Bond becomes effective. 101.0369 -- Quality Assurance
1.All planned and systematic actions the Department takes to determine that a product or service will satisfy specified quality requirements. 101.0370 -- Quality Control
1.All Contractor/supplier operationa l techniques and activities that are performed or conducted to fulf ill the Contract requirements. 101.0371 -- Ramp
1.A connecting roadway between two intersecting highways at an interchange. 101.0372 -- Right-of-Way
1.Real property used for transportation purposes. 101.0373 -- Road
1.A public way for the purposes of vehicular travel, including the entire area within the right-of-way. A road may be designated as a highway, a street, or a county road. 101.0374 -- Roadbed
1.That portion of a roadway u pon which the base course, surface course, shoulders, and medians are constructed. Divided highways are considered to have two roadbeds. 101.0375 -- Roadside
1.The area within the right-of-way, excluding the traveled way, auxiliary lanes, and the shoulders. 101.0376 -- Roadside Development
1.Improvements placed or cons tructed for the preservation or enhancement of landscape features, rehab ilitation and prevention of erosion, General Information, Definitions, and Terms 101.03 - 15 - and increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the appearance of the highway. 101.0377 -- Roadway
1.The portion of a highway, includi ng shoulders, for vehicular use. A divided highway has two or more roadways. 101.0378 -- Roadway Width
1.The clear width measured at right angles to the centerline and measured between the bottom inside face of the curbs, rails, or shoulder breaks. 101.0379 -- Rules and Regulations
1.The document identified as Ti tle 409, Chapter 1, Sections 001 through 005 (inclusive) of t he Nebraska Revised Statutes. 101.0380 -- Schedule of Items
1.A list of the contract items for which the bidder is to provide a price to complete the work described by that item. 101.0381 -- Setback Line
1.A line outside of the right-of-way , established by public authority, on the highway side of which the erection of buildings or other permanent improvements is controlled. 101.0382 -- Shoofly
1.A Contractor-built, marked, and maintained route around a specific construction site. When an entrance a nd/or exit ramp must be built to provide access to a “DETOUR,” the ramps will be considered to be shooflies. Maintenance excludes snow removal. 101.0383 -- Shoulders
1.The portion of the roadway cont iguous with the traveled way for accommodation of vehicles stopped for emergencies and for lateral support of the pavement structure. 101.0384 -- Soil
1.Those materials listed in the Bureau of Reclamation and Corps of Engineers Unified Soil Classification System. 101.0385 -- Special Provisions
1.Additions, deletions, or revisions to the Nebraska Standard Specifications for Highway Construction or (when applicable) Supplemental Specifications to the St andard Specifications for Highway Construction. 101.0386 -- Specifications
1.The general term comprising al l the directions, provisions, and requirements contained in the Nebr aska Standard Specifications for Highway Construction, together with such as may be added or adopted as Supplemental Specifications To The Standard Specifications for Highway Construction or Special Provisions, all of which are necessary for the proper performance of the Contract.
101.03 General Information, Definitions, and Terms
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1.An auxiliary lane, includi ng tapered areas, primarily for the acceleration or deceleration of vehicles entering or leaving the through traffic lanes. 101.0388 -- State
1.The State of Nebraska acting through its authorized representatives. 101.0389 -- Station
1.The point on the ground which is part of the line defining the profile of the survey. Distance between full stations is 100 feet (100 m). The beginning point of a survey is stat ion 0, unless otherwise designated. 101.0390 -- Street
1.A public way for the purpose of vehicular travel in a city or village and shall include the entire area within the right-of-way. 101.0391 -- Subcontractor
1.Any individual, firm, or corpor ation to whom the Contractor or Subcontractor, with the written consen t of the Department, sublets any part of the contract. 101.0392 -- Subgrade
1.The upper portion of the r oadbed, upon which the pavement structure and shoulders are constructed. Usually, the subgrade depth is 6- inches (150 mm). 101.0393 -- Subsidiary
1.Work and material requirements that are not measured for payment and for which no direct payment is made are considered subsidiary. The bidder must include the cost of performi ng these requirements in an item for which direct payment is made. 101.0394 -- Substructure
1.The part of the structure below:
a.The simple and continuous span bearings.
b.The bottom of the girder or bottom slab soffit.
c.Construction joints at the top of vertical abutment members or rigid frame piers.
2.Substructures include endwalls, wingwalls, barriers, railings attached to the wingwalls, and cantilever barriers and railings. 101.0395 -- Superintendent
1.The Contractor’s authorized repr esentative in responsible charge of the work. 101.0396 -- Superstructure
1.The entire structur e above the substructure. General Information, Definitions, and Terms 101.03 - 17 - 101.0397 -- Supplemental Agreements
1.Written agreements executed by the Contractor and the Department or other cont racting agency, subsequent to having entered into the contract, covering alterations in the Contract or unforeseen items of construction. 101.0398 -- Supplemental Specifications
1.Specifications ado pted subsequent to the cu rrent edition of the Nebraska Standard Specifications for Highway Construction. Supplemental Specifi-cations shall prevail over thos e published in the Nebraska Standard Specifications for Highway Constructi on whenever in conflict therewith. 101.0399 -- Surety
1.The corporate body registered and/or licensed to do business in Nebraska bound with and for the bidder for the acceptable performance of the contract, the completion of the work, and for the payment of all just claims arising therefrom. 101.0400 -- Tentative Final Acceptance
1.Tentative final acceptance is the date indicated in the “Tentative Final Acceptance” letter to the Contra ctor accepting all of the work. The Engineer’s “Tentative Final Acceptance” letter relieves the Contractor of the responsibility for the care and maintenance of the completed work, of public liability, and for damages due to the acti ons of the elements or the action of traffic. 101.0401 -- Tentative Start Date
1.The date shown in the proposal on which the Contractor is expected to begin operations. 101.0402 -- Traffic Lane
1.The portion of a traveled way fo r the movement of a single line of vehicles. 101.0403 -- Traveled Way
1.The portion of the roadway for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of shoulders. 101.0404 -- Unbalanced Bid, Materially
1.A bid that generates a reasonable doubt that award to the bidder will result in the lowest ultimate cost to the Department. 101.0405 -- Unbalanced Bid, Mathematically
1.A bid containing lump sum or unit bid items that do not reflect reasonable actual costs plus a r easonable proportion ate share of the bidder’s anticipated profit, overhea d costs, and other indirect costs. 101.0406 -- Value Engineering Proposal
1.A proposal developed by the Contractor for modifying the Plans, Specifications, or other requirements of the Contract, usually for the purpose of reducing the total cost of the c onstruction without reducing the design capacity or quality of the finished product.
101.03 General Information, Definitions, and Terms
- 18 - 101.0407 -- Weight
1.A Weight is a measure of force in the English (Metric) system and the units are pounds (Newtons). Mass is measured in slugs or pounds (grams). Most scales used in the high way construction industry measure an object’s gravitational force at the sca le location. However, the unit of measurement on most scales is grams an d these readings are generally not corrected for the existing gravitational force to allow conversion of the measured force to the object’s true mass.
2.Certified scale meas urements are considered by the Department to be acceptable measures of an object’s mass. 101.0408 -- Wetlands
1.Those areas that are inundat ed or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a pr evalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. 101.0409 -- Work
1.Work shall be understood to mean the furnishing of all labor, materials, equipment, and other incident als necessary or convenient to the successful completion of the project by the Contractor and the carrying out of all duties and obligations imposed by the Contract. 101.0410 -- Working Day
1.A working day is any day, Monday through Friday, when the Contractor is not prevented by weathe r, soil conditions, or other conditions beyond his/her control from working on the current controlling operation for more than 50% of the hours in his/her normal schedule with more than 80% of his/her normal working force.
2.If any work requiring engineering or inspection by the Department is performed on a Sunday, New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, (including Monday, July 3 or Friday, July 5), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas Day, then that day will be considered a working day.
3.Except as noted in paragr aph 2 above, Saturdays, Sundays, Nebraska holidays, Monday, July 3 or Friday, July 5, will not be counted as working days. 101.0411 -- Working Drawings
1.Shop drawings, shop plans, erection plans, falsework plans, framework plans, cofferdam cribbing and shoring plans, bending diagrams for reinforcing steel, or any other supple mentary plans or similar data, (i.e.: Manufacturer’s Recommendations) including a schedule of submittal dates for working drawings where specified, which the Contractor must submit to the Engineer. 101.0412 -- Work Order
1.A written order directing the performance of work or furnishing of materials not included in the original contract. - 19 - SECTION 102 -- PROPOSAL REQU IREMENTS AND CONDITIONS AND AWARDING OF CONTRACTS ON STATE HIGHWAY WORK Requirements for Bidders on Contracts Awarded by the Department
102.01 Prequalification of Bidders
1.All persons, (any individual, pa rtnership, association, corporation or joint stock company) proposing to bid on a contract for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenanc e, or repair of roads, bridges and their appurtenances to be let by t he Department shall su bmit a statement showing his/her experience, equipment, and financial condition; except that such statement may not be required for contracts where the estimate of the Engineer is less than one hundred thousand dollars, or of an emergency nature. Such statement sh all be under oath and on a form to be provided by the Department and shall be submitted not later than 10 calendar days before the letting of the Co ntract or Contracts. T he statement shall develop fully the financial ability, adequacy of plant and equipment, organization, prior experience, and such other perti nent and material facts as may be desirable. The Department may require additional information at any time. The statements of bidder’s experienc e, equipment, and financial condition will not be retained in the active file of qualified bidders after the financial condition shown is of a dat e 15 months prior. Any person whose qualification will expire on or before the date of a letting must submit a new statement and request to be qualified at least 10 calendar days before the letting at which he/she desires to bid. Any person who desires a change in his/her qualification must submit a new statement or a request in writing at least 10 calendar days before the letting at which the change would be effective. Upon the compliance with all laws and rules and regulations relating thereto, such person will be qualified for the amount and class of work to which he/she is entitled. All informati on furnished the Department shall be confidential.
2.The financial showing required in such statement shall be certified by a public accountant holding a currently valid permit from the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy or by an y certified public accountant holding a currently valid permit.
3.The use of a “Letter of Credit” as an alternate means of showing financial condition may be permitted when the net amount of the “Letter of Credit” does not exceed $500,000. The “Letter of Credit” must be from a licensed or chartered financial institut ion. The “Letter of Credit” shall be certified by a public accountant holding a currently valid permit from the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy or by any certified public accountant holding a currently valid permit.
4.Each person will be qualified upo n such statement for an amount of work which he/she can perform properly as evidenced by his/her financial statement and supplementing documents, and his/her competency and responsibility as evidenced by the amount, condition, and availability of equipment, experience of personnel, and previous record with this and other awarding authorities.
5.Each person will be notified of the “maximum qualification” established in his/her case by the Department. The “maximum qualification” established may be increased or decreas ed at any time if, as determined by the Department, the performance record of the bidder warrants such action.
Source: Nebraska Standard Specifications for Highway Construction, 2017 Edition. Pages 39–52 of 1,048.