Performance-Based Contracting for Maintenance

Performance-Based Maintenance Contracting (PBMC) provides incentives and disincentives to achieve desired outcomes or results from the maintenance contractor. This is distinct from the more usual practice for highway maintenance contracting—low bid combined with method specification. This report explores experience with PBMC in places where it has been adopted, including such issues as whether it has the potential to reduce costs and improve maintenance levels of service. Methods for implementing PBMC are also discussed. The report is likely to be useful for those agencies who are evaluating whether to include PBMC in their highway maintenance program. Information for this study was gathered by literature review of international experience, domestic U.S. state experience, federal government experience, and warranty contracts, as well as surveys conducted of state transportation agencies, Canadian provincial agencies, and a sampling of private firms. The surveys were augmented with individual interviews.

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• Authors:
  • Hyman, William A
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Bibliography; Figures; Glossary; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 112p
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice
  • Issue Number: 389
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0547-5570

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracting; Cost effectiveness; Highway maintenance; Implementation; Interviewing; Level of service; Literature reviews; State of the practice; Surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Performance based maintenance contracting
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01129983
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309098250
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project 20-5 (Topic 37-09)
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 12 2009 4:13PM