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Improvements in Flagger Safety, Operations, Effectiveness & Training RFP

Description: The South Dakota Department of Transportation is soliciting proposals for an 18-month research project to improve flagger safety, work-zone operations, effectiveness, and training statewide. The work includes examining injuries and near misses, evaluating current training and practices, investigating driver behavior and compliance, observing urban and rural work zones, and assessing safety technologies; deliverables include technical memoranda, recommendations and guidance, a final report, and an executive presentation. The project has $130,000 available, and proposals are due December 17, 2026, at 11:00 p.m. UTC.

Buyer: South Dakota Department of Transportation
StateAgency · SD, US
Released: Oct 28, 2026
Closes: Dec 17, 2026(43 days left)

RFP documents & timeline

From the first pre-RFP signals to the published RFP and its files.

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Strategic plan
Jan 20, 2025
646 days before RFP
SDDOT's 2025 strategic plan identifies construction work-zone research and updated safety training and practices as planned safety actions.
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Focus Areas & Key Actions Highway Safety - Reduce fatal and serious injury crashes Implement highway safety program Implement new winter operations closure strategies Refine design for variable speed limit systems Construction work zone research Workforce Safety - Reduce workplace injuries, incidents, and crashes Update safety committees and safety manual…
Sddot Strategic Plan 2025
Strategic plan · Jan 20, 2025
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Board meeting
Dec 15, 2025
317 days before RFP
SDDOT was developing proposed updates to flagger training materials and the flagger manual covering escape routes, safety elements, and responses to non-compliant drivers.
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Um, with this addition, we are looking to make sure um, there aren't any other needed updates to the flagger training materials, the manual. Um we've kind of gone through and identified some that we want to make. Just adding um some other advice for flaggers, you know, how what should an escape route look like? Um some other safety elements, what to do with…
Agc And Sddot Virtual Fall Meeting
Board meeting · Dec 15, 2025
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Strategic plan
Dec 15, 2025
317 days before RFP
SDDOT's 2026 Strategic Plan included reviewing construction work-zone crashes and developing safety strategies.
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2026 STRATEGIC PLAN Focus Areas & Key Actions Highway Safety - Reduce fatalities and serious injuries Implement "Toward Zero Deaths" program in collaboration with other safety stakeholders Refine new winter operations closure and communication strategies Refine process and evaluate effectiveness of Variable Speed Limit (VSL) system deployment Review…
South Dakota Department of Transportation Strategic Plan 2026
Strategic plan · Dec 15, 2025
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RFP published
Oct 28, 2026
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Proposals due Dec 17, 2026 (43 days left)

Key Contacts on this RFP

Decision makers connected to this RFP from South Dakota Department of Transportation.

Joanie BlairAccountant IV

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Patricia DevittAccounting Manager

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Jack DokkenAir, Rail & Transit Program Manager

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Jana UhrigAuditor III

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