Request for Proposals

Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC)

Transportation Disadvantaged Program

The Bay County Transportation Planning Organization is seeking Proposals from qualified entities desiring to serve as the Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC) for Bay County. The selected entity or firm will be recommended as the designated CTC to the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged (CTD). If approved by the CTD, the selected contractor will coordinate the administration and operation of the Bay County Transportation Disadvantaged system, as authorized by Chapter 427, Florida Statutes, and more fully described in Chapter 41-2, Florida Administrative Code.

Transit Operator

Bay Town Trolley (BTT)

The Bay County Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) is seeking Proposals from qualified entities desiring to serve as the operator of public transportation for Bay County, a deviated fixed-route service. The TPO is the designated recipient of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) funds. If approved by the TPO, the selected contractor will coordinate the administration and operation of the Bay Town Trolley deviated fixed-route transit service.

The full Request for Proposal documents for both RFPs will be available March 6, 2009 at www.wfrpc.org/Bay-County-Transportation-Planning-Organization.

A mandatory pre-proposal conference for both RFPs will be held March 13, 2009, at the West Florida Regional Planning Council, 651 West 14th Street, Suite E, Panama City, FL 32401 at 10:00 a.m. (CDT) to review the RFPs and answer questions about the RFPs.

For more information, interested parties should contact: Alan Gray, West Florida Regional Planning Council, Panama City office by email: Alan.Gray@wfrpc.org or by phone at (850)769-4257.