METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS
Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization
General Transportation Planning Consultants
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. The MPO request Letters of Response from Consultants for the General Planning Consultant (GPC) contract. By submitting a Letter of Response, the Consultant affirms that it is FDOT prequalified in the work category, Group 13-Planning. 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 in Tallahassee, (850) 414-4477, by the advertised Letter of Response Deadline Date.
DESCRIPTION: General Transportation Planning Consultants
REQUESTED SERVICES:
Core required general planning services shall include all of the following:
•Long range transportation systems planning
•Subarea/corridor planning
•Public outreach/participation
•Document production
Optional services may include:
•Intelligent Transportation Systems
•Congestion Management Process
•Crash mitigation planning
•Intersection, traffic operations & access management
•Traffic circulation
•Security & Resilience
•Complete Streets
•Bicycle & Pedestrian
•Off-road trails
•Fixed guideway transit
•Bus transit
•Flexible, on-demand transit
•Water transit
•Automated vehicles & related technologies
•Transportation Demand Management
•Transportation Disadvantaged
•Intermodal freight & goods movement
•Truck routes
•Freight rail
•Aviation
•Port
•Transportation Improvement Project Prioritization
•Traffic counts & data collection
•Bicycle/Ped data collection
•Q/LOS analysis
•Transportation performance measures
•Socioeconomic data collection & forecasting
•Air quality analysis/forecasting
•Greenhouse gas reduction
•ETDM support
•Database programming
•Regional travel demand modeling (TBRPM) and related data collection
•Operational modeling (e.g. VISSIM, Synchro) and related data collection
•Revenue estimating/forecasting, bonding and financial planning
•Transportation and land use coordination & planning
•GIS data & analysis
•Graphic design
•Social media
•Public opinion research
•Meeting facilitation
•Web application development
•Foreign language translation
Consultants are encouraged to visit the MPO Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) at http://www.planhillsborough.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/15__16_UPWP_FINAL.pdf for more information on the anticipated tasks and projects. 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, national origin, sex, age, disability, family, or religious status in consideration for an award. The MPO has a DBE participation policy statement and participates in FDOT’s 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 no more than five (5) pages, one-sided and shall as a minimum, include the following information:
1.Consultant’s Name and Address
2.Responsible Office for the Consultant Firm
3.Contact Person for the Project, Email Address and Telephone Number
4.Name(s) of Subconsultant(s) that may be used and brief indication of any previous joint projects
5.Indication as to whether the Prime and/or Subconsultant(s) are DBE
6.Statement regarding qualifications of the Prime consultant firm and any proposed Subconsultants in the required services, and, if applicable, optional services
7.Key personnel including areas of expertise and relevant past MPO/planning experience (do not include resumes)
8.Approach for achieving client expectations
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 Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission or the Hillsborough MPO during his tenure or for two years 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 oral technical proposals for the final ranking process. The schedule is listed below. All meetings are open to the public and will be held at County Center, 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 Statues. 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 MPO’s Webpage at www.hillsboroughmpo.org. All questions about the GPC selection process or schedule shall be in writing and directed to Lisa Silva at SilvaL@plancom.org.
SELECTION SCHEDULE:
Letter of Response due, Friday, May 15, 2015, 5:00 p.m.
Shortlist announced on website and by email: Monday, June 1, 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Informational Meeting, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 1:30 p.m., (MPO Boardroom, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 18th Floor)
Oral presentations, Tuesday, June 23, 2015 and Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 8:00 a.m. (MPO Boardroom, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 18th Floor)
Staff presentation to Policy Committee, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 9:00 a.m. (MPO Boardroom, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 18th Floor)
Consultant selection by MPO board, Tuesday, August 4, 2015, 9:00 a.m. (BOCC Boardroom, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 2nd Floor)
REQUESTING UNIT:
Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization for Transportation
LETTER OF RESPONSE ADDRESS:
Ten (10) Copies To:
Beth Alden, AICP, Executive Director
Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization
601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 18th Floor
Tampa, Florida 33602
LETTERS OF RESPONSE DEADLINE:
5:00 p.m. ET, Friday, May 15, 2015
