Transportation Public–Private Partnerships Come for the Money, Stay for the Performance

摘要

Jodie Misiak with the Maryland DOT discusses the department’s current DBFOM procurement for the Purple Line, a proposed 16-mi east–west LRT line extending from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County providing onward connections to the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority. The project is currently in solicitation and Maryland DOT has prepared a draft of its request for proposals. It has already begun the procurement process and has shortlisted four firms. It anticipates receiving proposals in the winter of 2015 and reaching commercial and financial close in the summer of 2015.