RFP-981 - Ann Arbor Station Preliminary Engineering Services

Summary of Specifications:
The City of Ann Arbor is requesting proposals from professional consulting firms familiar with Michigan Department of Transportation, AMTRAK, and Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) program requirements and able to provide a variety of site design, architectural and engineering related services to assist the City of Ann Arbor in further development of preliminary engineering plans related to the Ann Arbor Station. The goal is to develop the necessary complete Preliminary Engineering (PE) documents for the Ann Arbor Station project resulting in 30% design drawings and a completed USDOT TIGER or FRA Final Design (FD) Project Application. The services desired include but are not limited to: civil engineering design services; architectural services, traffic engineering and analysis; landscape architecture; completing federal transportation grant application and land surveying activities. 

The Project will be primarily funded with a FRA grant awarded to MDOT and sub awarded to the City under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 through the FRA High-speed Intercity Passenger Rail (“HSIPR”) Program. This Project will also be partially funded with local funds contributed by the City. As such all work under the contract resulting from this RFP must be compliant with all appropriate Federal Funding and Reporting Requirements and completed prior to the end of May 2017.