METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS
REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST AND STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area desires that consultants qualified pursuant to law and regulations submit a Letter of Interest and Statement of Qualifications for professional services on the following project in Alachua County.
PROJECT NAME: State Road 26 (University Avenue) Multimodal Emphasis Corridor Study Proposal.
DESCRIPTION: Assist in this project by accomplishing the following tasks:
Task 1 will include:
1.documenting existing conditions within the corridor, including right-of-way, existing multimodal corridor design elements, other existing multimodal infrastructure, bicycle/pedestrian counts, average annual daily traffic, transit levels of service, crash data and environmental or hazardous locations;
2.preparing an existing conditions report (and mapping); and
3.preliminary review and ranking of multimodal corridor design elements for the corridor or segments of the corridor.
Task 2 will include a final listing of preferred multimodal corridor design elements to implement on the corridor (or segments of the corridor). The recommendation will include documentation of costs and phasing to the best effort available for implementation and maintenance, if element requires perpetual maintenance. Final report and final mapping are included in Task 2.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Consultant must submit project experience demonstrating thorough knowledge of land use, environmental and transportation planning procedures and methods.
RESPONSE EVALUATION: All respondents will be evaluated in accordance with Section 287.055(4), Florida Statutes, must be determined to be qualified to do business in Florida and qualified to perform the advertised work requirements.
LETTER OF INTEREST AND STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS: Firms desiring consideration for this project must submit three (3) copies of their letter of interest and statement of qualifications to the requesting unit listed below. One of these copies must be a clean, single-side original that can be used to make additional copies. The letter of interest and statement of qualifications must, as a minimum, include the following information:
1.Name, address, contact person and phone number;
2.Listing of key staff and resumes;
3.Listing of any subconsultants anticipated to be used on this project;
4.An indication of the firm’s potential (available staff resources) for additional work in the next 24 months;
5.Experience on similar type projects, including location, date completed, contact (reference) name and telephone number; and
6.Proof of professional liability insurance or letter of credit in accordance with Rule 14-75, Florida Administrative Code.
LETTER OF INTEREST AND STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATION DEADLINE: February 10, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Late letters will be returned unopened with the notation, “This material was received after the delivery time designated for receipt and opening in the legal notice.”
REQUESTING RESPONSE ADDRESS: Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area, ATTENTION: Mr. Marlie Sanderson, AICP, 2009 NW 67th Place, Gainesville, FL 32653-1603, Telephone: (352)955-2200, extension 103.
Faxed and e-mailed responses will not be accepted.
SHORTLIST SELECTION PROCESS: From the letters of interest and statements of qualifications received, the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area’s Technical Review Committee will shortlist a minimum of three (3) firms. The shortlist selection date is February 24, 2014.
NOTE: After completion of the shortlist process, at least three (3) firms will be requested to submit written proposals and make oral presentations. Consultant presentations will be made on May 7, 2014.
ESTIMATED PROJECT BUDGET FOR Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area TASKS: $100,000.
The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area reserves the right to accept or reject any and all responses.
MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (MBE) AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE)
Minority business enterprises and disadvantaged business enterprises are encouraged to apply.
