For this 2024-2025 Snow & Ice season
- All the hourly rates for base vehicles and all attachments have received a 5% increase. See Agreement Attachment A for details.
- MassDOT is introducing a Vendor Performance Payment program. Each equipment piece in a depot's rotation will be eligible for an end-of-season Performance Payment, subject to meeting basic eligibility requirements. The payment for an in-rotation piece will be $2,000 or$3,000 for an entire season’s service. See Attachment H for more information.
- Material spreaders (salt spreader & tankers) still must carry a GPS device that MassDOTverifies as visible on our GPS platform. Failure to do so makes a material spreader ineligibleto remain on any depot's rotation list, ineligible for closed loop compensation, and ineligiblefor the new end-of-season Vendor Performance Payment program. See Attachments G and Ifor details. Order your Geotab GPS device through our partners at Advantage Asset Tracking.
Additional Resources
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Open PDF file, 148.87 KB, Changes for the upcoming snow and ice season 2024-2025 (English, PDF 148.87 KB)
Administrative Changes/Notes
- This season there will be two (2) compliance deadlines. October 11th, 2024 will be the paperwork deadline, including vehicle registrations. Note that picture submissions will only be necessary for new or modified equipment. November 9th, 2024 will be the deadline for Equipment Inspections and Calibrations. Please see the Snow & Ice Control Agreement for details.
- Like last season, we are planning on accepting paperwork submissions only by email and paper-based mail-ins. Furthermore, payment invoices will continue to be emailed to vendors and, unless contested by a Vendor, presumptively approved, and paid following a 5-day period. If you have not provided a valid email address to the MassDOT Snow & Ice program, it is important that you do so prior to the 2024-2025 season.
- Vendors operating equipment pieces which dispense liquid deicers shall continue to supply their own related safety equipment, including impermeable gloves and eye protection. This is necessary to prevent possible person-to-person infection transmission from shared gloves and eye protection.