Components of the Specification List are:

This portion of the Specification List always contains Items 1 through 9, which are “General Requirements and Covenants.” It always contains the items “Mobilization,” “Barricades, Signs, and Traffic Handling” and “Temporary Erosion, Sedimentation, and Environmental Controls.” The Specification List provides a listing of the items shown in the Engineer’s Estimate (see ).

All Special Specifications under which payment is to be made or which are used as reference items must be listed by number and title. Particular attention should be given to ensure that any standard items or other Special Specifications referred to in the Special Specifications are indicated as reference items.

This section of the Specification List will contain all the required and optional provisions. Under the present system, only one Special Provision to any bid item can be used, with the following exception:

An alternate bid item description may have different Special Provisions from its base bid item.

To use more than one Special Provision on a bid item, enter a request for a new one-time use Special Provision, which incorporates all the desired specification revisions, using the submission process described in .

Care must be taken to ensure that the new Special Provision does not contradict the other articles of the specifications and provisions in the contract.

Reference items are Standard or Special Specifications used to supplement other specifications. They are noted, mentioned, or referenced in the specification itself or in a plan or general note or by plan note/reference Special Provision. Reference items must be referred to in the Specification List to verify that subsidiary work is performed in accordance with the reference items. Reference items are shown adjacent to their respective Standard and Special Specifications, as applicable.

Special Specifications used as reference items will be listed under the Special Specifications, so a copy of the Special Specification will be included in the proposal. For a non-pay item to be included in the executed contract, it must be shown as a reference to one of the plans quantity items.

Refer to the TxDOT.gov for a list of all items referenced in the Specifications Book.