Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Update, Regional ITS Architecture & Deployment Plan Development, Travel Demand Model Update & FY 2020-2023 Transportation Improvement Program

RFQ #17-002-33 - 2050

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The Memphis MPO) is the regional transportation planning organization for Shelby County, TN, Desoto County, MS and portions of Fayette County, TN and Marshall County, MS. The Memphis MPO is responsible for working with local, state, and federal agencies, the private sector, citizens, and stakeholders to plan coordinated transportation systems designed to move people, goods, and services affordably, efficiently and safely throughout the MPO area. The Memphis MPO was established by the federal government to ensure that transportation decisions within the MPO area are performed in a continuing, comprehensive, and cooperative process. The Memphis MPO has committed itself to creating a comprehensive multi-modal strategy that provides the region's residents with greater mobility, lower transportation costs, safer streets, cleaner air, less traffic congestion, and greater quality of life. The Memphis MPO in recent years has begun a regional initiative focusing on livability, a key element of which is coordinating the development of transportation facilities to connect residents to opportunities such as jobs, education, and amenities.

PROJECT BACKGROUND

The RTP serves as the defining vision for the region's transportation systems and services and guides the expenditure of federal transportation funds with the consideration of livability, sustainability, multimodal transportation, system reliability and resiliency, air quality, safety, public health and land use, while recognizing that public participation is a critical component towards the plan's development and implementation. In addition, the scope will include an update of the Regional ITS Architecture and Deployment Plan, Travel Demand Model update and will require working with the MPO staff on the development of the FY 2020-2023 TIP.

The selected consultant or consultant team will be expected to assist the Memphis MPO in the planning and development of the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, update of the Regional ITS Architecture and Deployment Plan, Travel Demand Model update and coordination with MPO Staff on the development of the 2020-2023 TIP. The deadline for the Regional ITS Architecture and Deployment Plan update is November 2018 and the deadline for the RTP and TIP adoption is August 2019.

Livability 2040 RTP will provide as a base for the development of the 2050 RTP. The elements of the scope of work may include, but are not limited to:

1. Oversee the production and formatting of all components and contents of the RTP. The plan should be easy to read with executive summary in English and Spanish.
2. Develop a robust and inclusive public participation strategy that is utilized throughout the development of the 2050 RTP as well FY 2020-2023 TIP.
3. Update the travel demand model for the RTP and if needed land use model update.
4. Concurrent development of the 2050 RTP and the 2020-2023 TIP, with common call for application process.
5. Concurrent development of the Memphis Regional ITS Architecture and Deployment Plan update due November 2018.
6. Ensure that the goals and objectives developed address the social, economic and environmental impacts of planning factors specified within the federal legislation know as Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST).
7. Development of performance measures based on the goals and objectives of the RTP and FAST Act.
8. Integrate other plans such as, the MPO's Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) Short Range Transit Plan, MPO's Regional Freight Plan, MPO's Congestion Management Process, the FY 2017-2020 TIP, Bus Stop Design Guidelines, municipal local plans, Statewide and other Regional plans, etc.
9. Assess existing and future conditions of the multimodal transportation system and determine constraints/needs.
10. Evaluate the impact that new and upcoming trends could have on the future of transportation e.g. autonomous vehicles, etc.
11. Perform an analysis of the existing transportation network using land use and travel demand model information, survey data etc. and update the information as needed.
12. Environmental, social and cultural screening
13. Leverage work done in Livability 2040 RTP that identified livability corridors and mobility corridors and propose reasonable next steps for their continued improvements that can be included as part of the investment strategy.
14. Develop and evaluate alternative strategies for future funding.
15. Ensure consistency with Regional ITS Architecture, State Freight Plans, and Strategic Highway Safety Plans.
16. Coordinate and develop a fiscally constrained plan reflecting multimodal investment along with implementation strategies.
17. Perform an air quality conformity analysis.
18. Attend and assist with the preparation of materials for public meetings as well as meetings with the Transportation Policy Board (TPB), the Engineering and Technical Committee (ETC) and other MPO committee meetings, as needed.

The following resources are available to help the consultant/team understand the Memphis MPO's multimodal planning process, the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and its planned outcomes:

1. Memphis Urban Area MPO website: www.memphismpo.org
2. Livability 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan: http://memphismpo.org/plans/livability-2040-rtp
3. Memphis MPO Public Participation Plan: http://memphismpo.org/plans/public-participationplan
4. Memphis MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan: http://memphismpo.org/project/bike-ped-plan
5. MATA Short Range Transit Plan: http://www.matatransit.com/AboutUs/planning-anddevelopment/
6. Memphis MPO Freight Plan: http://memphismpo.org/plans/multi-modal-plans/freightplanning
7. Memphis MPO FY 2017-20 Transportation Improvement Program: http://memphismpo.org/plans/fy-2017-20-transportation-improvement-program
8. Bus Stop Design Guidelines: http://memphismpo.org/project/bus-stop-design-andaccessibility-guidelines
9. Memphis MPO ITS Architecture: http://memphismpo.org/plans/safety-mobility/its
10. TDOT State Freight Plan: https://www.tn.gov/tdot/topic/longrange-freightplanning
11. MDOT State Freight Plan: http://mdot.ms.gov/portal/freight.aspx
12. Other local/ regional Plans: http://www.sustainableshelby.com/documentsPlans
13. Mid-South Regional Greenprint Plan: http://www.midsouthgreenprint.org/
14. I-269 TN Corridor: http://www.memphismpo.org/project/i-269-tn-corridor
15. Desoto: New Era of Discovery (A Stewardship Plan): http://www.desotodiscovery.com/
16. Poplar Southern Corridor: http://www.memphismpo.org/project/poplar-southern-corridor
17. Houston Levee Corridor: http://www.memphismpo.org/project/houston-levee-corridor

CORRESPONDENCE

The following guidelines for communication have been established to ensure a fair and equitable process for all respondents. All correspondence, proposal submittals, and questions concerning the RFQ are to be submitted to:

Ms. Debra D. Louis, Buyer
Shelby County Government
Purchasing Department
160 N. Main Street, 9th Floor, Suite 900
Memphis, TN 38103

Respondents requesting additional information or clarification are to contact Ms. Debra D. Louis in writing at debra.louis@shelbycountytn.gov or at the address listed above. Questions should reference the section of the RFQ to which the questions pertain and all contact information for the person submitting the questions. IN ORDER TO PREVENT AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE TO ANY RESPONDENT, VERBAL QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED. The deadline for submitting questions will be Friday, March 31, 2017, by 12:00 p.m. (CST).

Note: All written questions submitted by the deadline indicated above will be answered and posted on the County's website at www.shelbycountytn.gov within forty-eight (48) hours of the above cut-off date.

Please be aware that contact with any other personnel (other than the person clearly identified in this document) within Shelby County regarding this RFQ may disqualify your company from further consideration.

SUBMITTING QUALIFICATIONS

Firms may request consideration by submitting one (1) original (clearly identified as original), three (3) copies, and two (2) digital CD copies of a letter of interest and statement of qualifications no later than 4:00 p.m. (CST) on Monday, April 17, 2017 to:

Ms. Debra D. Louis, Buyer
Shelby County Government
Purchasing Department
160 N. Main Street, 9th Floor, Suite 900
Memphis, TN 38103

The package containing the above documents must be sealed and marked with the proposer's name and "CONFIDENTIAL – 2050 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN (RTP) UPDATE, RFQ #17-002-33" noted on the outside.

For Complete information please visit the following website: http://www.shelbycountytn.gov/3243/Bids-Listing