Highway Contractor Relief Grant

Through the ARPA SFRF, this new program implemented by OPB will provide aid to highway contractors and subcontractors. 

Eligible Applicants: Eligible Applicants: Prime highway contractors and subcontractors who meet the eligibility criteria in the NOFO. They must have worked on Georgia Department of Transportation projects between March 3, 2021, and December 1, 2023. Individual applications must be submitted for each completed project. (For example: an applicant who worked on 2 separate projects must submit an individual application for each project.)

Eligibility Criteria:

  • You are a prime highway contractor or subcontractor with NAICS Code 237300 or 237310.
  • You worked on state funded transportation project(s) with a unique Georgia Department of Transportation project number or identifier. The project was completed between March 3, 2021, and December 1, 2023.
  • You are in good standing with the State of Georgia’s Secretary of State’s Office.
  • You are located within the State of Georgia.
  • You can demonstrate the negative impact of COVID-19 on your organization. Provide original quotes and/or bids for project materials, with the dates, quantities, and prices quoted. Include supplier or subcontractor invoices and proofs of payment. They must show an increase from the original quote and/or bid due to commodity price increases.
  • You can provide the executed contract. For a subcontractor, this is the contract with the prime contractor. For a prime contractor, it is the contract with the Department of Transportation.
  • You can provide a copy of the executed final pay application (final construction invoice) for the project.
  • You can provide copies of all final executed project change orders.
  • You can provide an explanation for cost increases and attestation that cost increases occurred due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  • You do not owe any outstanding state taxes.

Eligible Applicants must demonstrate the negative impact of COVID-19 by providing:

  • Original quotes and/or bids for project materials, with the dates, quantities, and prices quoted. Supplier or subcontractor invoices and proofs of payment showing a commodity price increase over the original quote and/or bid.
  • A list of COVID-19 relief funds your organization received (local, state, and federal), with the amount of each. An explanation of how you used these funds to address the impact of COVID-19 on the organization.
  • Information on an existing operational gap after receiving relief funds.

Eligible Use of Funds:

Funds will be awarded for operational costs. Examples include but are not limited to equipment purchases, rent, insurance, wages, utility costs, sales, and accounting expenses.

Unallowable uses: 

  • Property and other taxes
  • Lobbying
  • Debt service
  • To replenish financial reserves
  • To satisfy any obligation resulting from a judgment or settlement