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​NOTICE:  2024 Project Manager's Boot Camp Xpress​

Per KYTC's Response Instructions, participation in Xpress training is required for anyone interested in serving as a Project Manager for a project-specific advertisement. If you are interested in serving as a PM and have not yet completed Xpress, we are pleased to announce an upcoming session.

KYTC's next PM Boot Camp Xpress training is scheduled for December 5 and 6, 2024.  All course activities will take place at the Transportation Cabinet Office Building, located at 200 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY, in Conference Center room C117. Training will run each day from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time. 

Registration is now open, and we encourage you to secure your spot as soon as possible. Space is limited, and we expect a full class. Visit the registration page online at: Boot Camp Xpress

The registration fee is $450. Please note that a $50 cancellation fee applies once registered, as well as a $50 fee for modifications, such as changing the attendee from your firm. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made within two weeks of the training. If your firm is a DBE and you plan to send a participant, please contact Miriam Reber at miriam.reber@uky.edu before registering. 

For any questions, feel free to reach out to Jeff Jasper at Jeff.Jasper@uky.edu.  We look forward to having you with us for this training!​

Start Date: 10/18/2024 11:00 AM
​NOTICE:  October Procurement Bulletin 2025-04 is now available
 

Note: Prequalified consultant engineering firms desiring to provide these services must submit their electronic response(s) through the Professional Services Consultant Portal. We will not be accepting hard copy responses in any format for this Bulletin.​​​ 

Start Date: 10/8/2024 9:00 AM
​NOTICE:  September Procurement Bulletin 2025-03 is now available
 

Note: Prequalified consultant engineering firms desiring to provide these services must submit their electronic response(s) through the Professional Services Consultant Portal. We will not be accepting hard copy responses in any format for this Bulletin.​​​ 

Start Date: 9/10/2024 9:00 AM
​NOTICE:  August Procurement Bulletin 2025-02 is now available
 

Note: Prequalified consultant engineering firms desiring to provide these services must submit their electronic response(s) through the Professional Services Consultant Portal. We will not be accepting hard copy responses in any format for this Bulletin.​​​

Start Date: 8/13/2024 9:00 AM

​NOTICE:  Work Zone Traffic Management Plan Training Class Schedules & Registration 

In alignment with our commitment to safety and compliance, we are pleased to announce a revised training program tailored to meet the requirements outlined in our Work Zone Policy guidance. As per the policy, all designers involved in project Temporary Traffic Control Plan development or design are required to undergo approved training.

This training aims to equip designers with essential skills and knowledge for effective Work Zone Traffic Management Plan Development, ensuring the designers have the knowledge to develop a plan that is safe for both workers and the public during project execution.

To adhere to policy guidelines, all designers must complete the training and remain current (trained within five years) by January 1st, 2025. This course is expected to be required for certain prequalifications beginning in January 2026. Until then firms will be strongly encouraged to demonstrate knowledge of traffic management concepts within their responses to advertisement.

To register for the Work Zone Traffic Management Plan Training outlined in our May 1, 2024 notice, please click on the link below.  Please note, all classes are capped at 40 attendees and registration is on a first-come, first served basis.  Lunch is included with your registration. Spots are filling up fast and we don't want anyone to miss an opportunity to enhance the quality of their response.

Class Schedules & Registration - Work Zone Traffic Management Plan Training

Should you have questions about this policy, please reach out to Tim Layson at 502-564-3280 or Tim.Layson@ky.gov.  Questions regarding registration, please contact Russ Romine at 502-695-5680 or kec@kyengcenter.org.​

Start Date: 6/20/2024 3:00 PM

​NOTICE:  Work Zone Traff​ic Management Plan Training

In alignment with our commitment to safety and compliance, we are pleased to announce a revised training program tailored to meet the requirements outlined in our Work Zone Policy guidance. As per the policy, all designers involved in project Temporary Traffic Control Plan development or design are required to undergo approved training.

This training aims to equip designers with essential skills and knowledge for effective Work Zone Traffic Management Plan Development, ensuring the designers have the knowledge to develop a plan that is safe for both workers and the public during project execution.

To adhere to policy guidelines, all designers must complete the training and remain current (trained within five years) by January 1st, 2025.

This course will be offered across the state to better accommodate everyone. 

Should you have question please reach out to Tim Layson at 502-564-3280 or Tim.Layson@ky.gov or Russ Romine at 502-695-5680 or kec@kyengcenter.org.​

Start Date: 5/1/2024 6:00 PM

​NOTICE:  KYTC Utility Coordination Training & Certification

The Division of Right of Way, Utilities & Rails is offering a training course.  This training provides education on utilities and how they are coordinated with KYTC projects. The first day provides a high level understanding of conducting utility coordination through a project's development process. The second day is intended for utility coordinators and is also a certification requirement for firm performing utility coordination and inspection duties. There is an emphasis on utility impact avoidance, minimization, and the coordination of remaining impacts through utility relocations for the accommodation of roadway construction.

KYTC Utility Coordination Training & Certification
Prequalification Criteria & Instructions

Please register for training sessions held in Frankfort on May 21-22 and October 2-3 or contact Chantal.Barlow@uky.edu for more information.​

Start Date: 3/27/2024 12:00 PM

​UPDATE:  2024 Prequalification Criteria and Instructions – Utility Design Update

The Division of Professional Services has updated and published the Prequalification Criteria and Instructions document. This email is to alert you that additional revisions have been made to the Utility Design portion of the document pertaining to the Kentucky Utility Coordination Training Course. Specifically, the requirement that all staff performing certain utility design work must have this training (and be certified) has been changed to say that only the firm's one staff member identified as a dedicated designer performing certain utility design work is required to attend the training and be certified. This change effects 8 sections of the Utility Design portion of the document beginning on page 75 (Utility Design: Water and Sewer Level 1) and ending on page 82 (Utility Design: Petroleum).

Prequalification Criteria and Instructions document​

Start Date: 2/27/2024 1:00 PM

NOTICE:  2024 Prequalification Criteria and Instructions Update​

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has posted revisions to the Prequalification Criteria and Instructions document, which serves as the basis for determining minimum eligibility of firms within each service category. Each firm that desires to retain prequalifications or become prequalified with the Cabinet in any new service area must submit a full prequalification application prior to response to advertisement. These prequalifications are to be submitted electronically via the Consultant Portal by clicking the Consultant Management widget. Hard copy prequalification submittals are no longer permitted. The website to visit to submit prequalifications is https://apps.transportation.ky.gov/professionalservices.

Each firm that desires to retain prequalifications must submit a full prequalification application in the Portal prior to the firm's annual renewal date. Although the Portal will send an automatic notification as a courtesy, it is the sole responsibility of the firm to initiate a renewal of its prequalification with the Cabinet. The request should include a Certification of Professional Liability Insurance, a Certificate of Workers Compensation, and an Employment Insurance policy. The firm must also upload to the Portal an annual affidavit of the Campaign Finance form, linked below. The firm must also comply with an Ethics Certification directly in the Portal which is not a form and does not require a document upload. These credentials shall be uploaded for review by Professional Services staff and retained for compliance. The firm may be removed from the Cabinet's listing of prequalified consultants if an application is not received within thirty (30) days of its annual renewal date.

Please review the various links below for further details and reference:

The Division of Professional Services anticipates this document will remain until December 2025 when the next updates become available prior to the 2026 full renewal cycle. Please contact Ashley Caldwell via email with any prequalification submittal process inquiries at Ashley.Caldwell@ky.gov.

​Note: These reference documents will also permanently be available under the Prequalification tab at the top of this website.

Start Date: 1/10/2024 9:00 AM

NOTICE:  2024 Direct Costs for Mileage, Meals, and Lodging

The Division of Professional Services has updated annual reimbursement rates for 2024, as governed by 200 KAR 2:006. Please see the linked memorandum for specific reimbursement rates for mileage, meals, and lodging.
 
 
Note: This reference document will also permanently be available under the Policies & Forms​ tab at the top of this website.​
Start Date: 1/2/2024 8:00 AM

​NOTICE:  Consultant Portal Launch​

The Division of Professional Services has now launched the new online portal for consultants and KYTC project managers. This portal has migrated the information from and will overhaul our existing Sharepoint-based system into a more user-friendly interface for KYTC users. Consultants will also now be permitted with access to the enhanced project management database and contract document library. Full procurement workflows and contract status history are available, resulting in quicker procurement times.

All future advertisements and production-hour estimates will be submitted and contracts or contract modifications will be electronically signed within this new system, even for existing contracts.

To request access to the system, please click the appropriate link and follow the attached User Authorization Guide below:
Internal KYTC users:
External consultant users:
      https://kog.chfs.ky.gov (to establish a business account) then https://apps.transportation.ky.gov/professionalservices

In addition, a detailed User Guide has been developed to assist users navigate the system:

For any questions, please contact the Division of Professional Services at 502.564.4555.
Start Date: 9/4/2019 1:30 PM
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