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. 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 Type(s) of Work.

MAJOR TYPE OF WORK:

2.00 Systems Monitoring

3.00 Systems Planning

4.00 Data Collection

5.00 Regional Planning

6.00 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), Friday, February 17, 2011. The LOIQ should not exceed 10 (ten) pages, however, responding firms may include company informational brochures and staff profiles as an attachment. 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: http://mympo.org/gpc.html 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: Mike Maholtz at mike@mympo.org, no later than 4:30 p.m. (EST), February 7, 2011. The questions submitted, and the responses, will be posted at one time; no later than 4:30 p.m. (EST), February 10, 2011, on the MPO website: http://mympo.org/gpc.html.

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

Mike Maholtz                                                                                                   Frank Meares

Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization                           Florida Department of Transportation

7632 15th Street East                                                                                       Post Office Box 1249

Sarasota, FL 34243                                                                                           Bartow, FL 33830-1249

Email: mike@mympo.org                                                                                 Email: Frank.Meares@dot.state.fl.us

Phone: (941)359-5772                                                                                       Phone: 1(800)292-3368