85.077 Railroad projects and competitive bidding.
(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (4), if a project involving the construction, rehabilitation, improvement, demolition, or repair of rail property or rail property improvements is funded in any part with public funds, the department or the recipient of the public funds shall let the project by contract on the basis of competitive bids and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.
(2) The provisions of sub. (1) do not apply if any of the following applies:
(a) The project is in response to a public emergency.
(am) The project is for the installation or maintenance of warning devices at railroad highway crossings.
(b) The estimated cost of the project is less than $25,000.
(c) The project involves only rail property or rail property improvements owned or leased by a railroad and the project is to be performed by the railroad using its own employees.
(3) The department or the recipient of public funds may not subdivide a project into more than one contract, allocate work or workers in any manner, or transfer the jurisdiction of a project to avoid the requirements of sub. (1).
(4) If no responsible bid is received, the contract may be awarded without complying with sub. (1).
History: 2009 a. 28.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.
85.015 - Transportation assistance contracts.
85.02 - Planning, promotion and protection.
85.0205 - Expenditures for aesthetic elements.
85.021 - Transportation alternatives program.
85.022 - Multimodal transportation studies.
85.023 - Planning for bicycle facilities.
85.025 - Highway and bridge projects.
85.028 - Milwaukee east-west transportation corridor.
85.03 - Federal reduction or termination of aid.
85.035 - Reduction of department appropriations.
85.04 - Acquisition of replacement lands.
85.05 - Evaluation of proposed major highway projects.
85.052 - Change management system for major highway projects.
85.055 - Passenger railroad station improvements.
85.06 - Rail passenger service assistance and promotion.
85.061 - Rail passenger route development.
85.062 - Major transit capital improvement projects.
85.064 - Commuter rail transit system development.
85.065 - Urban rail line relocations.
85.066 - Transit safety oversight program.
85.067 - Midwest interstate passenger rail compact.
85.07 - Highway safety coordination.
85.077 - Railroad projects and competitive bidding.
85.08 - Freight railroad assistance.
85.085 - Private road crossings.
85.09 - Acquisition of abandoned rail property.
85.093 - Intermodal freight assistance.
85.095 - Harbor assistance program.
85.10 - Sale of aerial photographic survey products.
85.103 - Disclosure of personal identifiers.
85.105 - Sale of motor vehicle records.
85.107 - Scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program.
85.12 - Statewide public safety radio management program.
85.13 - Cost of traffic violation and registration program.
85.14 - Payments by credit card or other electronic payment mechanism; electronic transactions.
85.16 - Department rules and forms.
85.17 - Storage of highway salt.
85.18 - Groundwater protection.
85.19 - Construction site erosion control.
85.193 - Borrow and material disposal sites for transportation projects.
85.195 - Coordination with land conservation committees.
85.20 - Urban mass transit operating assistance program.
85.21 - Specialized transportation assistance program for counties.
85.215 - Tribal elderly transportation grant program.
85.22 - Specialized transportation program.
85.23 - Rural public transportation assistance program.
85.24 - Transportation employment and mobility program.
85.245 - Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
85.25 - Disadvantaged business mobilization assistance program.
85.26 - Intercity bus assistance program.
85.28 - Driver license reinstatement training program.
85.30 - Motorcycle, moped and motor bicycle safety program.
85.31 - Information for tax bills.
85.32 - Statewide trauma care system transfer.
85.35 - Motor carrier projects program.
85.51 - State traffic patrol services.
85.52 - Transportation infrastructure loan program.
85.55 - Safe-ride grant program.
85.605 - Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs.
85.61 - Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act.
85.62 - Transportation fund balance and appropriation reductions.