2014 Local Government Standard Specifications and Special Provisions
TxDOT Specifications
Local government projects with state/federal funds or located on the state highway system must adopt the latest TxDOT Standard Specifications, Special Specifications, and Special Provisions or request TxDOT written approval of alternate, equivalent specifications.
Templates
The templates below are intended for use with items 1-9 in the TxDOT’s Standard Specifications and Special Provisions on local government let projects that are on the state highway system or include reimbursement using FHWA or TxDOT funds.
2022 update to the 2014 Standard Specifications
Items 1L-9L and many of the Special Provisions listed below are updated. Use the updated files (footer date of 04/2022) for projects letting on or after September 1, 2022. The files can also be used on projects let before September, at the discretion of the district.
Specifications and provisions
| Title |
| FHWA-1273: Required contract provisions |
| Wage rates |
| SP 000-002L: Nondiscrimination |
| SP 000-003L: Certification of Nondiscrimination in Employment |
| SP 000-004L -- currently not applicable, effective April 2025 |
| SP 000-005L -- currently not applicable, effective April 2025 |
| SP 000-241L: Cargo Preference Act requirements in federal aid contracts |
| SP 000-394L: Disadvantaged business enterprise in federal-aid contracts |
| SP 000-1243L: Schedule of liquidated damages (replaces sp 000-658l and sp 000-001l |
| SP 002-009L: Instructions to bidders |
| SP 006-040L: Control of materials (replaces SP 006-030L) |
| SP 007-011L: Legal relations and responsibilities |
| SP 009-016L: Measurement and payment (replaces SP 009-011L) |