High-Performance Transportation Enterprise

The High-Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) was formed to aggressively pursue innovative means of more efficiently financing important surface transportation infrastructure projects that will improve the safety, capacity, and accessibility of the surface transportation system, can feasibly be commenced in a reasonable amount of time, will allow more efficient movement of people, goods, and information throughout the state, and will accelerate the economic recovery of the state.

Such innovative means of financing projects include, but are not limited to, public-private partnerships, operating concession agreements, user fee-based project financing, and availability payment and design-build contracting.

The HPTE shall operate as a government-owned business within the department and shall be a division of the department.

HPTE Bidders List

The High Performance Transportation Enterprise is maintaining a list of potential bidders, developers, and affected interests who would like to be notified of future solicitations or announcements. If you would like to be on this list, please notify Kari Grant at kari.grant@dot.state.co.us, or (303) 757-9380. You can find the Bidders list here.

Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report

The Annual Report of HPTE activities to the State Legislature has been posted. You may read that document here.

US 36 Project Activity Update

CDOT is currently procuring Phase 1 of the U.S. 36 Managed Lanes/Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project (Project). Design-build proposals for Phase 1 are due in January 2012.  CDOT anticipates selecting a contractor for Phase 1 in March 2012.  Phase 2 of the Project will continue Phase 1 to Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive in Boulder, Colorado.

On February 21st, the Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the US36 Phase 2 Managed Lanes Project.  The US36 Corridor connects downtown Denver with Boulder and is a priority regional transportation project in one of the highest growth corridors in the state.

The successful bidder is expected to design, build and finance Phase 2 of US36 and operate and maintain the managed lanes in the complete US 36 corridor and I-25 Express Lanes, comprising approximately 24 miles in total.  The DBFOM agreement will be structured as a toll concession and is expected to have a term of 50 years.  The successful bidder may also have the option to design, build, finance, operate and maintain an extension of approximately 6 miles of managed lanes in the I-25 Corridor.

Statements of Qualifications are due in April and a short list of qualified proposers is expected to be announced in May. To view the RFQ, click here.

Responses to Candidates' Questions and Requests for Clarification can be viewed here.