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Doing Business With TDOT
Partner with the Tennessee Department of Transportation on construction, design, and professional services contracts that keep Tennessee moving.
Tennessee is building, and TDOT is where that work gets done. Every year the department awards contracts for roads, bridges, and transportation projects across all three Grand Divisions of the state. Whether you are a contractor bidding on a highway project, a consultant looking to prequalify, or a small business ready to grow, TDOT gives you a clear path to get involved.
Plan your project
Before you bid, know the schedule. TDOT publishes upcoming bid lettings, design standards, and the specifications every project must meet, so you can plan your bid with confidence.
The E-Plans Room gives you digital access to plan sets for active lettings, and the roadway design standards and structures manuals lay out the technical requirements TDOT expects on every job.
Register as a contractor or consultant
Before TDOT can award you a contract, your firm needs to be prequalified. This prequalification process is essential as it ensures that only qualified contractors and consultants are considered for various projects. Contractors and consultants each follow their own prequalification path, with forms and requirements specific to the type of work you do. This means that each firm must demonstrate its capabilities, financial stability, and past performance in a
Once you are prequalified, you can track current advertisements and selection results to see where your firm stands and what is coming up next.
Operate and deliver
TDOT uses more than one way to deliver a project, including alternative delivery and performance-based maintenance contracts, so the right delivery method is matched to the right job.
If your work involves moving oversized loads or automated vehicle platoons on Tennessee roads, TDOT also manages the permits that keep that traffic moving safely.
Grow with TDOT
TDOT invests in the businesses and people who build Tennessee’s transportation network. Small Business Development resources and Civil Rights & DBE programs are built to help disadvantaged and small businesses compete for and win TDOT work.
TDOT is also hiring. From engineering to construction inspection, TDOT careers offer a direct way to build Tennessee’s roads from the inside.
Tennessee proud: why invest here
Tennessee pairs a growing economy with a transportation network built to support it. TDOT invests every year in the roads, bridges, and freight corridors that get your materials, employees, and customers where they need to go. When you build with TDOT, you build alongside a state that is investing right alongside you.
Business hub
Everything your business needs to work with TDOT lives in one place: budget and work program documents, public meeting notices, right-of-way information, and the forms for public records requests.
Have a question that is not answered here? TDOT’s business team is ready to help you find the right contact, form, or resource.
Frequently asked questions
Start with the contractor prequalification process in the Regoiser section above. You will submit the required forms and financial documenation before you can bid on TDOT construction contracts.
Current and upcoming bid lettings are listed in the Plan section above, along with letting schedules and the E-Plans Room for active project plan sets.
TDOT has special prgorams focused on enabling small and disavantaged business to grow, help, and thrive in Tennesse.
Watch TDOT in action
Pick a topic to watch videos from TDOTnews, the department’s official YouTube channel.
See how TDOT is modernizing Tennessee’s transportation network, from Choice Lanes to the state’s 10-year project plan.
Get an inside look at the large-scale corridor and interchange projects reshaping how Tennessee moves.
TDOT partners with communities across the state to keep workers and drivers safe in active work zones.
Learn how TDOT’s HELP program and crash responders keep Tennessee highways moving safely every day.
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