Pursuant to Transportation Code, §223.041, it is the policy of the department to use private sector professional services to assist in accomplishing its activities in providing transportation projects. In order to do so, the department may contract the following types of work:

1. (1) preliminary engineering, design, plan work, specifications, and estimates;
2. (2) construction engineering and inspection;
3. (3) bridge inspection and scour analysis services;
4. (4) environmental engineering, project observation, and inspection;
5. (5) architectural design, plan work, specifications, and estimates;
6. (6) architectural observation and inspection;
7. (7) surveying and mapping; and
8. (8) other engineering, architectural, or surveying services as defined in Government Code, Chapter 2254, Subchapter A.

Source Note:The provisions of this §9.32 adopted to be effective November 25, 1994, 19 TexReg 8768; amended to be effective April 23, 1996, 21 TexReg 3221; amended to be effective June 21, 1998, 23 TexReg 6258.