- (a) An inter-agency agreement (IAA) between the Arkansas Department of Transportation and another state or local agency, such as the Division of Environmental Quality, Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, or a city or county government, is often required for projects the size of which are attractive as a D-B project.
- (b) The IAA required for completion of the project will, in most cases, be obtained by the department prior to issuance of the RFP to ensure all commitments and requirements of the agencies are known when the short-list proposer prepares the proposal in response to the RFP.
- (c) There may be some projects where it is advantageous to the department to finalize a particular IAA after submission of the proposals due to the variable nature of the anticipated design and/or construction limits based on the proposal of the selected short-list proposer.