Proposals shall be obtained at District 05 Headquarters Building, 8010 DeSiard St., Monroe, LA 71203, or by contacting the DOTD; Email: [email protected], Phone (318) 342-0234, or by written requests sent to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, P. O. Box 4068, Monroe, LA 71211. Proposals will not be issued later than 24 hours prior to the time set for opening bids.

Construction proposal information may be accessed via the Internet at www.dotd.la.gov.  From the LA DOTD home page, select the following options: Doing Business with DOTD, then Construction Letting Information.  Once the Construction Letting Information page appears, find the Notice to Contractors box.  From the drop down menu, select the appropriate letting date and press the “Go To” button to open the page, which provides a listing of all projects to be let and a Construction Proposal Documents link for each project. All project specific notices are found here.  It will be the responsibility of the bidder to check for updates.  Additionally, plans and specifications may be seen at District 05 Headquarters located at, 8010 DeSiard St., Monroe, LA 71203 or at the Project Engineer's office.  Upon request, the Project Engineer will show the project site.

All questions concerning the plans shall be submitted via the Electronic Plans Distribution Center known as Falcon.  All submitted questions will be forwarded by email to the Project Manager and the Project Engineer. Questions submitted within 96 hours of the bid deadline may not be answered prior to bidding.  Falcon may be accessed via the Internet at www.dotd.la.gov.  From the home page, select Doing Business with DOTD from the left-hand menu, then select Construction Letting Information on the pop-up menu.  On the Construction Letting Information page, select the link, DOTD’s Plan Room; Login to Falcon (or request an ID if a first-time user).  Once logged in, you will have access to view Project Information, submit a question concerning the project, and view the plans.  To avoid any suggestion that a potential bidder is using the Falcon system to communicate with other potential bidders, DOTD will not post any question or any statement of fact or opinion not made for the purpose of seeking clarification of plans and/or specifications.  Any non-questions posted on falcon will be limited to the statement of an issue considered unresolved by a previous DOTD response.

The Engineer may suspend operations in accordance with 713.08(f).

The U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) operates a toll free "Hotline" Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time.  Anyone with knowledge of possible bid rigging, bidder collusion, or other fraudulent activities should call 1-800-424-9071.  All information will be treated confidentially and caller anonymity will be respected.