Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization

 

METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS

Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization

REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST AND QUALIFICATIONS

NOTICE TO PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS

SARASOTA/MANATEE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION

The Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) requests that qualified consultants submit a Letter of Interest and Qualifications (LOIQ) for consideration in the competitive selection of professional transportation planning services on the following project:

PROJECT: GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANTS (GPC)

The MPO requires the services of one or more Consultants to provide production support to the MPO transportation planning activities set forth in the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The length of contract is three (3) years, estimated to begin on July 1, 2014. The work involves providing assistance to the MPO staff on a work assignment basis in a variety of technical, graphical, public involvement and document review activities. The Consultant(s) shall assist the MPO staff by providing additional resources to accomplish assignments authorized by the MPO. The Scope of Services outlines tasks that may be assigned to Consultant(s) under one or more general planning Consultant contracts. Consideration will be given to only those firms that have been prequalified by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to perform the indicated MAJOR Types of Work.

MAJOR TYPES OF WORK: Systems Monitoring, Systems Planning, Data Collection, Regional Planning, Public Involvement.

TO RESPOND: Firms qualified to conduct business in the State of Florida, are asked to submit 10 (ten) copies of the LOIQ to the MPO office and 2 (two) copies to the FDOT office no later than 4:30 p.m. EST, Wednesday, January 22, 2014. The LOIQ should not exceed 15 (fifteen) pages. The outside of the envelope containing the LOIQ must be marked “LETTER TO PROVIDE GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICES TO THE SARASOTA/MANATEE MPO”. The MPO will accept no responsibility for proposals not so marked. The complete General Planning Consultant – Scope of Services (GPC-SOS) can be obtained from the MPO website, www.mympo.org or from the MPO Office listed below. The MPO reserves the right to reject any and all letters that are determined to be non-responsive to the GPC-SOS.

Requests for clarification or inquiries about information contained in the GPC-SOS package must be submitted by email to Mike Maholtz at [e-mail] no later than 4:30 p.m. EST, Friday January 10, 2014. The questions submitted, and the responses, will be posted at one time; no later than 4:30 p.m. EST, Wednesday January 15, 2014 on the MPO website: www.mympo.org

Mail ten copies to the MPO:Mail two copies to FDOT:

Mike MaholtzRoxann Lake

Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning OrganizationFlorida Department of Transportation

7632 15th Street EastPost Office Box 1249

Sarasota, FL 34243Bartow, FL 33830-1249

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