Negotiating Contracts

Negotiating Professional Services Contracts at FDOT

Negotiation Handbook (PDF 1.50 MB) Updated 7/22/2024

Implementation of Mutual Gains Negotiations at FDOT (PDF 111 KB)

Mutual Gains Negotiations at FDOT - (416 KB) FES Article

Audit Guidelines for Consultants with Field Office Expense Rate - (41.7 KB) Important Changes 4/13/2007

Consultant Wage Rate Report

Current Department of Transportation Overhead Rate Limits

Professional Services  Negotiations Handbook CBT 

Mutual Gains Negotiations On-Line Survey
This survey is to be completed only by primes and subconsultants on recently negotiated FDOT consultant contracts. The online survey information is submitted directly to the ACEC-FL website, not to FDOT. The information may be anonymously submitted.

Sample MS Word format for Materials Testing/Geotech firms to submit their new published fee schedule (MS Word 70.3 KB)

Sample MS Excel format for Materials Testing/Geotech firms to submit their new published fee schedule (MS Excel 24.0 KB)

The forms available in PDF require the use of Adobe Reader which is available from the Adobe Web site. 

Documents produced with Microsoft Office products require the appropriate viewer, which is available on the DOT Resources Plug-Ins Website.