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DOT/FHWA

RIN: 2125-AF44

Publication ID: Spring 2013

Title: Administration of Engineering and Design Related Service Contracts
Abstract: This rulemaking would revise and update regulations governing the procurement, management, and administration of engineering and design related services directly related to a highway construction project and reimbursed with Federal-aid highway program funding. To comply with statutory amendments, this rulemaking would remove all references to alternative or equivalent procedures contained in the existing regulations. This rulemaking proposes to revise existing small purchase procurement procedures to reflect an increase in the Federal threshold. This rulemaking would also address certain findings and recommendations contained in a 2008 Government Accountability Office regarding increased State DOT reliance on consultants and a 2009 DOT Office of the Inspector General audit regarding consultant indirect costs. This rulemaking would clarify existing Federal requirements in support of enhancing consistency with other Federal laws and applicable regulations and addressing evolutions in industry practices to improve the procurement, management, and administration of consultant services.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 23 CFR 172
Legal Authority: 23 USC 106, 112, 114(a), 302, 315, and 402 40 USC 1101 49 CFR 1.48(b)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	09/04/2012	77 FR 53802
Comment Period End	11/05/2012
Final Rule	08/00/2013

Additional Information: SB - No; IC - No; SLT - No. Actual or Target Completion Date - An NPRM was published on 9/4/12 at 77 FR 53902. Progress Updates and Anticipated Accomplishments - An NPRM has been published. Anticipated savings in costs and/or information collection burdens, together with any anticipated changes in benefits - The proposed changes to part 172 will provide additional clarification, guidance, and flexibility to stakeholders implementing these regulations. As these proposed amendments are required by changes in authorizing legislation, other applicable regulations, and industry practices, the FHWA anticipates that the economic impact of this rulemaking would be minimal. NOTES - None.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov	Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Scott Wolf Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 366-1332 Email: scott.wolf@dot.gov