NOTICE TO PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN
PLANNING ORGANIZATION (MPO)
AND
STATE OF FLORIDA
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DISTRICT VII
The Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), in conjunction with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District VII, is reissuing its request seeking professional consultant services on the projects listed in this advertisement. Consideration will be given only to those firms that are qualified pursuant to the law and that have been prequalified to perform these tasks by the FDOT. Any firm not prequalified by the FDOT and desiring consideration for these projects must obtain and submit a complete Request for Qualification Package, to the Procurement Office, Tallahassee, FL, (850)414-4485, by the advertised Letter of Response Deadline Date.
MAJOR TYPE OF WORK: 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6 and 13.7 Planning
Description: General Transportation Planning Consultants
Requested SERVICES: General planning services to include all or part of the following: long range transportation planning and travel demand modeling, data collection activities, financial planning, major investment and corridor studies, congestion and other management systems planning, air quality and greenhouse gas reduction planning, bicycle and pedestrian planning, transit services and facilities planning, transportation disadvantaged planning, traffic circulation and crash mitigation studies, socioeconomic data forecasting, goods movement planning, transportation and land use coordination planning, and public information and participation in transportation planning. The services to be rendered by the Consultant(s) shall be for a period of 24 months (extendable by mutual agreement up to an additional 36 months) or until a total accumulated fee is reached, whichever occurs first.
SUBCONSULTANT OPPORTUNITY: Consultants who are not pre-qualified by the Florida Department of Transportation for lack of independent CPA Certified overhead audit may be utilized to provide services for these projects, providing that compensation to the subconsultant will not exceed $250,000. Before work may commence, any such consultant utilized must also be technically qualified and approved by the MPO.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT: The MPO in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, hereby notifies all firms and individuals that it will require affirmative efforts be made to ensure participation by minorities in any contract for consultant services. Disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to advertisements and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award. The MPO has a DBE participation policy statement and participates in FDOTs statewide goal.
Response Procedure: Qualified consultants who are interested in these projects are required to submit a Letter of Response to the MPO indicating their desire to be considered for this project. The letter must be brief (no more than two pages, one-sided) and shall as a minimum, include the following information:
1. Consultants Name and Address.
2. Responsible Office for the Consultant Firm.
3. Contact Person for the Project and Telephone Number.
4. Statement regarding prequalification of the consultant firm and any proposed subconsultants in the advertised type of work.
5. Key Personnel including their Titles and Proposed Role (do not include resumes).
6. Name(s) of subconsultant(s) that may be used and the type of services to be performed.
7. Relevant past MPO/planning experience.
THE CONSULTANT MUST BE ABLE TO MEET THE FOLLOWING CONDITION WHICH WILL BE PART OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE MPO AND THE CONSULTANT:
No member, officer or employee of the (Planning) Commission or the MPO of the locality during his tenure or for one year thereafter shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in this contract or the proceeds thereof. Any firm which has a member, officer or employee that this provision speaks to, must demonstrate in its Letter of Response that this provision can be met by segregating the affected person from the project and from receiving any proceeds from the contract. For the purpose of the contract, an employee of the consultant includes any subconsultant, independent agent contracting with the consultant, or anyone having a service contract with the consultant.
FEDERAL DEBARMENT: By submitting a Letter of Response, the consultant certifies that no principal (which includes officers, directors or executives) is presently suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible or voluntarily excluded from participation on this transaction by any Federal Department or Agency.
SELECTION PROCESS: The listed projects are covered by the selection process detailed in Rule Chapter 14-75, Florida Administrative Code. Some or all of the responding firms may be requested to provide written or oral technical proposals, or both, for the final ranking process. The schedule is listed below. All meetings are open to the public and will be held in: The Planning Commission Boardroom, 601 East Kennedy Boulevard, 18th Floor, unless otherwise noted. The selected consultants contract and fees will be negotiated in accordance with Section 287.055, Florida Statutes. The Consultants that are included on the shortlist and those that are ultimately selected as well as any changes to the selection schedule will be advertised only on the MPOs Webpage, at www.hillsboroughmpo.org.
Selection Schedule:
First scoping meeting, Thursday May 6, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Letter of Response due, Friday, May 14, 2010, 5:00 p.m.
Shortlist, Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Shortlist announced on website, Thursday, May 27, 2010, 9:00 a.m.
Second scoping meeting, Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Written technical proposals due, Thursday, June 24, 2010, 5:00 p.m.
Oral presentations, Tuesday/Wednesday, July 20-21, 2010, 8:00 a.m.
Staff presentation at Policy Committee, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 9:00 a.m.
Consultant selection, Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 9:00 a.m. (MPO meeting, BOCC Boardroom, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 2nd Floor)
REQUESTING UNIT: Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization
LETTER OF RESPONSE ADDRESS:
Three (3) Copies To:
Ramond Chiaramonte, Executive Director
Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization
601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 18th Floor
Tampa, Florida 33602-5117
LETTERS OF RESPONSE DEADLINE: 5:00 p.m. (EST), Friday, May 14, 2010
