FDOT’s fiscal year 2027 begins July 1, 2026. By the time it does, the Tentative Five-Year Work Program – the document that effectively sets contracting opportunities for asphalt, milling, hauling, and ancillary trades across the state – will already be moving through public hearings.
If your business depends on FDOT prime or subcontract opportunities, the next four weeks are when you should be paying attention.
The Work Program timeline
FDOT’s Office of Work Program publishes the Tentative Work Program in early June. District-level public hearings follow through mid-June. Final adoption typically happens in late June, with the program taking effect July 1.
For each FDOT District, the Tentative Work Program identifies:
- Roadway projects (new construction, widening, resurfacing) with planned letting dates
- Bridge projects
- Maintenance and miscellaneous contracts (including district-wide pavement push-button contracts)
- Estimated construction values and funding sources
Subcontractors generally don’t bid the prime contract, but the Work Program tells you which primes are likely to win which jobs, what timeframes are coming, and where to focus your outreach.
Where to look in your district
VLJ Construction Services operates primarily in FDOT District 7 (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Manatee, Citrus counties) with regular work into District 1 (Hardee, Polk, Highlands, DeSoto, and the Southwest coast).
Public hearings for D1 and D7 are typically held the second week of June at the district headquarters. FDOT publishes the hearing dates and agendas on its Tentative Work Program page about 10 days in advance.
If you can’t attend in person, the recordings are posted and the underlying project lists are downloadable.
What we watch for, and why
A few categories of projects consistently drive demand for our services:
- Section 334 friction course resurfacing – typically pushed in late dry season (March-May). Look for these in the FY27 letting schedule for January-April 2027.
- Section 327 mill-and-resurface – distributed throughout the year; we look at the volume going to each district to plan equipment allocation.
- District-wide push-button maintenance contracts – these IDIQ-style contracts award to primes who then issue task orders. Knowing which prime won the push-button for your district tells you who to call for emergency milling, paving, and hauling sub-work over the next 3-5 years.
What to do this June
1. Subscribe to FDOT’s Work Program notification list for your district 2. Pull your district’s Tentative Work Program when it’s posted in early June 3. Filter for projects in your service categories (FDOT spec sections 200, 300, 332, 334, 700, etc.) 4. Identify the likely prime contractors by cross-referencing the project list against FDOT’s Prequalified Contractor List 5. Make outreach calls in late June – ideally before the program is formally adopted, while the primes are still finalizing their team rosters for FY27 work
If you’re a Florida-based subcontractor in paving, milling, hauling, or pavement preservation and want to be on VLJ’s bid-team list for FY27 FDOT projects, reach out.
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