The Alaska Department of Transportation Public Facilities (ADOTPF) has signed a two-year term contract with Quantm Ltd., with options for three annual renewals, to provide its regions and project managers with access to Quantm's route optimization system. The system allows transportation planners to integrate environmental, community, engineering, and cost factors into route selection. It is expected to help ADOTPF manage consultation processes, demonstrate compliance with environmental regulations, and identify the most cost-effective alternatives. No other technology was found that could provide the same capabilities during a notice of intent to award a single source contract.

1. Alaska Transportation Agency Signs Term Contract with
Quantm
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2005--Quantm Ltd., today announced that it has signed a
Term Contract (Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity, IDIQ) with the Alaska Department of
Transportation Public Facilities (ADOTPF), providing Alaska DOTPF regions and their project
managers with fast and easy access to the Quantm route optimization system.
Quantm's route optimization system dramatically improves the process of integrating the
information that comes from the various agencies involved in the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) process into transport infrastructure planning. The result is reduced environmental impacts,
improved relations with stakeholders and the local community, and a substantially curtailed
planning cycle.
Following the successful application of the system on road and rail projects across America,
including the 1,000 mile I-69/Trans-Texas Corridor study and Blanket Master Purchase Order with
Texas Department of Transportation, ADOTPF has established a process that will encourage its staff
to apply the system and deliver the environmental, public involvement, time and construction cost
reduction benefits to the state and people of Alaska.
The Term Contract runs for two years to July 31, 2007 with three annual options for renewal, and is
envisioned to help manage the sensitive consultation processes, demonstrate compliance with NEPA
and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, and deliver the most cost-effective
alternatives.
Jeff Ottesen, Director - Division of Program Development said, "It is imperative that we protect the
environment and respect the needs of our communities as we develop the infrastructure essential to
meet the demands of our citizens."
"The Quantm system will allow our project teams to integrate these factors with the engineering
standards required to provide safe transportation, and demonstrate an investigation of all feasible
alternatives."
A Notice of Intent To Award A Single Source Contract For an Automated Optimization System For
Corridor/Alignment Studies was advertised in January 2005 to ensure that no other technology could
provide the same capabilities and benefits. No competing project was brought to the state's
attention after this notice.
About Quantm Ltd.
The Quantm system for route alignment selection addresses the shortcomings of the conventional
approach to transportation route planning by allowing transportation planners to integrate
environmental, community, cultural, engineering and cost factors into a single analysis. By
integrating the large amounts of data required by agencies involved in the environmental protection
process in the United States, Quantm helps achieve the objective of reducing project impacts on the
environment, including demonstrating that "all reasonable alternatives" have been considered as
required by NEPA and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act. Where comparison has
been possible with alignments derived using the conventional approach, project teams that have
applied the Quantm system have also delivered alignment construction cost savings of 10% to 25%

2. on highway projects and as high as 40% on rail projects.
The system has been successfully applied on road and rail projects worldwide, including Alaska,
California, Texas, North Carolina, Indiana, Arkansas, Nevada, Washington, Colorado, Louisiana,
Alabama, Delaware, Michigan and Idaho along with Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa and China. Visit www.quantm.net.