RFQ-55-08-09 - GENERAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTING

Summary of Specifications:
It is the intent of the Administration to use the RFQ process to select several firms that possess specialized professional qualifications in transportation planning and traffic engineering services. 

Pursuant to the City’s Key Intended Outcome to maintain and improve traffic flow conditions citywide, the Transportation Division of the Public Works Department is in need of comprehensive outside support to address the challenges inherent to the overall departmental work plan. 

The flexibility to hire consulting firms which that will provide specialized transportation planning and traffic engineering services on demand, without having to undergo the time consuming Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process for each individual task, which is a critical component in developing a departmental process of review,for transportation planning and design. In addition, it is highly desirable to have the same consulting firms on board in order to maintain continuity and consistency among the tasks to be performed, several of them being directly interconnected.