TxDOT uses Qualification-Based Selection (QBS) to procure architectural, engineering and surveying services.

Under QBS, TxDOT selects firms based on their qualifications. We do not ask for or make any selection based on cost. Cost is negotiated once a firm is selected.

Get Started
Get started on becoming precertified or administratively qualified.

• Become Precertified
  
• Become Administratively Qualified
  
• Overhead Review Process for Administrative Qualification

Find Opportunities
Find and get information on current contracts with architectural, engineering and surveying services.

• Fiscal Year 2019 Procurement Plan
• Consultant Information Meetings
• Projected Contract Solicitations
  
• Advertised Contracts
  
• Selected Consultants

Manage Active Contracts 
Project managers can submit required reporting information and view their contract data by using Professional Services Contract Administration Management System (PS-CAMS).

• Manage Active Contracts with PS-CAMS
  

Perform Administrative Tasks
Make firm and employee updates to your precertification. Submit for your annual eligibility.

• Annual Firm Precertification Renewal with CCIS
  
• Update Firm and Employee Precertification Information with CCIS
  
• Annual Administrative Qualification Re-analysis
• Insurance Requirements

Resources

• Contract Negotiation Rules of Engagement
• Work Authorization Negotiation Rules of Engagement
• Guidance on Other Direct Expenses
• Statement of Qualifications Screening Checklist
• Proposal Screening Checklist
• Forms
• Service Centers
• Workshops and Webcasts
  
• Firms Eligible to Do Business with TxDOT
• Pre-Certified Work Categories and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Work Codes for Federally Funded Contracts
• Computer Aided Drawings
• Estimator Converter Program
• DES 727 - 3D OpenRoads Training