METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS
Gainesville Urban AreaREQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
LEGAL NOTICE
The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area is accepting proposals from qualified agencies or firms for the award of a contract to coordinate transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged in Alachua County, Florida. The selected contractor will be the designated Community Transportation Coordinator under Florida’s Transportation Disadvantaged Program, as authorized by Chapter 427, Florida Statutes, and more fully described in Rule 41-2 of the Florida Administrative Code.
The Community Transportation Coordinator is defined by Chapter 427, Florida Statues as a transportation entity recommended by the appropriate designated official planning agency to ensure that coordinated transportation services are provided to the transportation disadvantaged population in a designated service area. The Community Transportation Coordinator has full responsibility for the delivery of transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged as outlined in Section 427.015(2), Florida Statutes.
The complete Request for Proposals (RFP) will be available January 4, 2013 at http://www.ncfrpc.org/ . It may also be obtained by calling Ms. Lynn Godfrey, AICP, Senior Planner at (352) 955-2200, ext. 110. Experience with eligibility-based transportation services is required.
A mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held January 17, 2013 in the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council Charles F. Justice Conference Room located at 2009 NW 67th Place, Gainesville, Florida at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, to answer questions about the Request for Proposals. Inquiries about this Request for Proposals must be made in person at the pre-proposal conference. Firms and agencies represented will have an opportunity to clarify any information contained in the request for proposals at the pre-proposal conference.
Proposals must be received by 3:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, February 15, 2013 at the office of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area. Five (5) copies of the proposal must be submitted to: Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area, ATTENTION: Scott R. Koons, AICP, Executive Director, 2009 N.W. 67th Place, Gainesville, Florida 32653-1603. One of these copies must be a clean, single-sided original that can be used to make additional copies. The outside of the envelope or box containing proposals must be marked "PROPOSAL FOR ALACHUA COUNTY COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR." Faxed and electronically mailed responses will not be accepted.
The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area will not accept responsibility for proposals that are not marked and submitted in this manner. Proposals are to remain in effect for ninety (90) calendar days from date of submission. The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive any formality concerning proposals or negotiate changes to the proposals whenever such rejection or waiver or negotiation is in the best interest of the State and transportation disadvantaged. Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in Section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.
