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Opportunities, Information and Resources 

ODOT is a great place to work and to do business. The department employs more than 4,500 hard working men and women, and budgets more than two billion dollars each year for goods, services and capital improvements. The following links are helpful to business related functions and opportunities at ODOT and the State of Ohio.
Programs and Divisions to Promote Economic Growth and Diversity
  • Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE)
    Small & Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE)
    ODOT’s Small and DBE Program provides support and assistance to minority and women owned businesses seeking opportunities to participate in construction activities and provide materials and services for the state. Visit the DBE Program site for more information and guidance on the certification and prequalification processes that can help disadvantaged firms further their success!
  • Division of Innovative Delivery Site
    Division of Innovative Delivery
    This division's mission is developing new and innovative approaches to managing, maintaining, operating, and building Ohio's infrastructure assets to: • Reduce costs; • Enhance efficiency; and • Generate revenue. With a focus on developing and implementing ODOT’s Public Private Partnership policy and program.
  • Office of Jobs & Commerce Site
    Office of Jobs & Commerce
    The Jobs & Commerce staff provide outreach and respond to business issues related to transportation funding in Ohio. This section participates in the Ohio Department of Development Review Committees to troubleshoot multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional transportation issues and offers site location recommendations to encourage business to use existing transportation infrastructure and assets.
Consultant Services
  • Office of Consultant Services Site
    Office of Consultant Services
    The official means of ODOT communicating with Consultants for: • Project notifications (including local government projects); • Records of selection activities; • Announcements concerning policies and issues of interest to the Consultant community; • Prequalification procedures & listing of currently prequalified Consultants; • Transmittal of official documents; • Proposal cost summary spreadsheets, standard task lists & Invoice and Project Schedule (IPS) forms; and • Who to call in Consultant Services
Contractor, Purchasing and Vendor Links
  • Office of Contracts
    Office of Contracts
    This area of the department processes all ODOT Construction Contracts, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Applications, Purchasing (Vendor) Contracts and Outdoor Advertising Permits.
  • ODOT Purchasing Portal
    One-stop-shop for doing business with ODOT. Contains purchasing guidelines, purchaser guidance and not-responsible vendor information.
  • Purchasing & Contracts Resources
    Purchasing & Contracts Resources
    Invitation to bid information, vendor information, sodium chloride contract details, cooperative purchasing & other miscellaneous information
  • Vendor's Guide to Business Opportunities
    Vendor's Guide to Business Opportunities
    Details on the department's purchasing process, cooperative purchasing program, vendor registration instructions and form, purchasing services contact information, and product/services classification details.
References
  • Construction Reference Resource Center
    Construction Reference Resource Center
    The CRRC offers access to ODOT Construction reference materials such as Construction Letting and Award Information, Specifications, Proposal Notes, and Materials Information.
  • Design Reference Resource Center Site
    Design Reference Resource Center
    Access commonly used ODOT Design related publications, such as Design Manuals, Specifications and Standard Drawings.
Policies
  • Policy on First-Time Paperwork Violations
    Policy on First-Time Paperwork Violations
    ODOT has instituted a new policy that allows for, when appropriate, the waiving of penalties for first-time paperwork or procedural regulatory violations.
  • Other ODOT Policy Information
    Other ODOT Policy Information
    Access ODOT's formal Policies and Standard Operating Procedures as well as other current and archived policy related documents.
Grant Information
  • ODOT Grant Information
    ODOT Grant Information
    In accordance with HB 420 (Government Accountability and Transparency, 127th General Assembly), ODOT provides information on Grants coordinated through various agency programs.
 

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