The Charlotte County-Punta Gorda Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in conjunction with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) request that qualified consultants submit Letters of Interest for consideration in the competitive selection of professional transportation planning services on the following project:

PURPOSE: GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANTS (GPC)

The MPO requires the services of one or more consultants to provide production support to the MPO’s transportation planning activities set forth in the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The length of service to provide production support will be up to three (3) years. The work includes providing assistance to the MPO staff for work assigned in the development of the 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The consultant(s) will also assist the MPO staff by providing additional resources to accomplish assignments authorized by the MPO, and consistent with its UPWP. The Scope of Services outlines tasks that may be assigned to the consultant(s) under one or more GPC contracts. Consideration will be given to only those firms that have been prequalified by the FDOT to perform the following major type(s) of work.

MAJOR TYPES OF WORK

13.0       Planning

              13.3       Policy Planning

              13.4       Systems Planning

              13.5       Subarea/Corridor Planning

              13.6       Land Planning/Engineering

              13.7       Transportation Statistics

TO RESPOND: Firms, qualified to conduct business in the State of Florida, are asked to submit ten (10) hard copies, one (1) original, and one (1) Electronic Version of their Letter of Intent to the MPO office and two (2) copies to the FDOT office by 4:00 p.m. (EST), Wednesday, March 7, 2012, to the address below. The envelope containing the letter must be marked “GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY – PUNTA GORDA MPO”. The MPO will accept no responsibility for the letters not so marked. The letters will remain in effect for 90 calendar days from the date of submission. The MPO reserves the right to reject any and all letters.

Requests for clarification of the requirements or inquiries about information (questions) contained in the package must be submitted to: Lakshmi N. Gurram at gurram@ccmpo.com, by 4:00 p.m. (EST), Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Responses to all questions will be posted at one time by 4:30 p.m., Friday, February 24, 2012, on the MPO webpage: www.ccmpo.com.

The complete packet can be obtained from the MPO website: www.ccmpo.com or from the MPO office address below.

Mail ten copies to the MPO:

Lakshmi N. Gurram

Charlotte County-Punta Gorda MPO

25550 Harbor View Road, Suite 4

Port Charlotte FL 33980-2503

EMAIL: gurram@ccmpo.com

PHONE: (941)883-3535

Mail two copies to FDOT:

Trinity Scott

Florida Department of Transportation

SWIFT Center

10041 Daniels Parkway

Fort Myers, FL 33913

EMAIL: trinity.scott@dot.state.fl.us

PHONE: (239)461-4300