Materials and Services Used on the Roadway
All services and materials used on highways must be accounted
for in the Maintenance Management System (MMS). The MMS is used
by TxDOT to combine all activities and costs for roadway maintenance.
When materials and services procured via Purchase of Services contracts
are not reflected in the MMS, reported maintenance expenditures
are lower than actual. Typical services procured using Purchase
of Services contracts which must be brought into MMS via an MMS
work order number include (but are not limited to):
- Hazardous Materials Removal
- Intelligent Transportation Services (ITS)
- Traffic Control
- Equipment Rentals with Operator
Typical roadway materials which may be procured using Purchase
of Services contracts and must be brought into MMS via an MMS work
order number include (but are not limited to):
- Pavement materials such as hot mix, hot mix cold laid, LRA, etc
- Traffic signal and electrical parts
For further information on how to create work orders in MMS
for a Purchase of Services requisition and how to create requisitions
in Oracle Peoplesoft tied to MMS work orders, see resources on the
MMS Support SharePoint site. Services and materials used on highways
which are procured using Purchase Orders are not to be charged to
overhead or directly to the roadway without an MMS work order in
Oracle Peoplesoft.