The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) — Campus Planning with Transportation Services — is seeking statements of qualifications from consulting firms with expertise in bicycle/micromobility planning. Architecture and landscape architecture expertise is strongly encouraged as part of the team for assistance with exterior bicycle/micromobility parking planning and bicycle/micromobility cage locations and expansions. UCSF would like to further encourage bicycling to and between its main San Francisco locations, which includes Mission Bay, Mount Zion, and Parnassus Heights. The goal of this effort is to develop an inclusive, holistic strategy for bicycle/micromobility access and parking for all users: patients, visitors, faculty, staff, and students. With this RFQ, UCSF seeks statements of qualifications from firms that specialize in bicycle/micromobility planning and have experience with similar institutions. Experience with urban higher education campuses and medical centers a plus. We encourage small firms and DBE firms to apply.

UCSF embraces an environment of diverse clientele, faculty, staff, students, researchers, practitioners, and professional support services. The University believes a workforce of differing backgrounds, professional and life experiences and perspectives offers superior innovative, critically analyzed, and complete solutions to our unique business challenges. We are interested in organizations and proposed team members that respect and support the UCSF diversity mission: "We're committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care." http://diversity.ucsf.edu

The successful firm will be a qualified consulting firm or team proposing to provide all necessary professional services and willing to sign the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) (Attachment E) with the University. UCSF expects to select a qualified firm based on the materials submitted in response to this Request for Qualifications (RFQ). Following selection, contract negotiations with the selected firm may begin.

Background. UCSF is one of 10 campuses in the University of California system. It is the only UC campus devoted exclusively to health sciences, with professional degree programs in dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy, as well as interdisciplinary graduate programs and numerous postdoctoral programs. Unlike other UC campuses, UCSF has no undergraduate students, but instead has a small population of graduate and professional students, clinical residents and postdoctoral scholars (5,970 is 2020). The total number of faculty and staff in 2020 was 25,740. The UCSF clinical enterprise consists of the UCSF Health System — UCSF Medical Center (the hospitals plus all clinics and physician practices operated by the medical center and the School of Medicine) and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital — and the UCSF Dental Center, as well as a partnership with the City of San Francisco at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

UCSF is an urban institution with campus sites throughout the City of San Francisco and some locations beyond the city limits. In San Francisco, UCSF has three main campus locations at Mission Bay, Parnassus Heights, and Mount Zion, ten additional satellite locations, and a partnership with the City of San Francisco at Zuckerberg San Francisco General, comprising a total of approximately 195 acres, 61 of which make up the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve at the Parnassus Heights campus site. UCSF occupies more than 10.4 million gsf of building space (excluding structured parking) in both owned and leased buildings.

Current Conditions and Needs

Bicycling and micromobility have become increasingly popular over the last several years, and it is anticipated that due to COVID-19, more people may choose to travel to UCSF by one of these modes. This includes not only UCSF students, clinical residents, postdoctoral scholars, faculty and staff, but also patients and patient visitors.

This has created increased demand for continuous safe routes to and through campus, as well as convenient and secure parking options. Frequent bicycle thefts on campus require more secure parking options, but available space is limited. The increase in use and popularity of scooters, e-bikes and extended bicycles require specially designed bicycle/micromobility parking options. A lack of a holistic strategy and standards has led to a variety of solutions that don't necessary work together nor support a consistent brand identity.

UCSF's Transportation Services manages all bicycle parking facilities located in parking garages. Those outside of campus buildings as well as interior bicycle rooms are managed by building operations.

UCSF has data from 2018/19, including:

• Annual commute survey
• Patient/visitor survey (MB, PH, MZ)
• Bicycle user survey (UC Bikes)
• Bike theft data (UCPD)
• Bike cage usage card reader data
• Bay Wheels data
• 2021 Bicycle rack existing inventory - locations and number
  • Exterior
  • Interior

PROJECT SCOPE

UCSF seeks a consultant team to work with UCSF stakeholders to create a bicycle/micromobility plan, which will include at minimum the following:

1. Vision and Goal Setting
   1. What does success look like?
      1. Increased mode split for bicycle/micromobility for UCSF commuters
         1. Target setting
      2. Increased mode split for bicycle/micromobility for patients/visitors
      3. Target setting
      4. Reduced mode split for cars
      5. Certifications:
         1. LEED Master Site updates (at Parnassus Heights and Mission Bay)
         2. League of American Bicyclists certification
   2. Making bicycling/micromobility equitable to all users. Centering this effort on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
2. Analysis
   1. Best practices at other institutions with similar needs, environment, and distributed geography
   2. Existing City Network - Where are improvements needed to better serve UCSF's community?
   3. Existing Network on Campus - Where are improvements needed?
      1. Mission Bay campus has internal streets
      2. Mount Zion does not have any internal streets
      3. Parnassus Heights has the future 4th Avenue extension and possibly the Promenade.
   4. Existing Parking —
      1. Where located, how many? (In-house data available)
      2. Frequency of use? (In-house data available for bicycle cages only; anecdotal evidence for other parking areas)
      3. Where are bicycles/micromobility brought into buildings? (In-house survey to building managers)
   5. Demand Analysis — current and future forecast
3. Bicycle/Micromobility Network
   1. Connecting into the City's bike plan.
      1. Arrival points — mitigating safety hazards for bicyclists
      2. This will require coordination with our City of San Francisco partners (SFMTA, RecPark, etc.).
         1. Park to Peak at PH (Mount Sutro mountain biking trails outside of scope) — Arrival from Golden Gate Park
         2. Other arrival locations at PH
         3. MB/Dogpatch — E/W Connection from the Mission (BART)
         4. MB/Dogpatch — North/South from Downtown
         5. MZ
   2. Bicycle/micromobility routes through campus
      1. Locations
      2. Potential speed limits
      3. Potential dismount zones
   3. Bikeshare expansion
      1. This will require coordination with our City of San Francisco partners (SFMTA) and UCSF Building Permit Services
4. Bicycle/Micromobility Parking
   1. Create a holistic bicycle/micromobility parking strategy
      1. In garages or individual buildings? Or both?
      2. At the periphery or more interior?
   2. Determine potential locations
      1. Exterior location determination (concept plans may be necessary; potential minor scope for landscape architect)
      2. Options for bike parking expansion in existing garages/buildings (concept plans may be necessary; potential minor scope for architect)
   3. Parking systems (UCSF and public options)
      1. In-garage systems
      2. Exterior systems
      3. E-bikes, extended bikes, scooters, etc.
5. Campuswide Standards
   1. Standards for bicycle/micromobility parking supply
      1. Future new buildings — number of required parking spaces
      2. Retrofits of existing buildings to accommodate bicycle/micromobility parking, where feasible
      3. Other programs?
   2. Standards for bicycle/micromobility parking systems
      1. Standardized furniture to aid in maintenance and design consistency throughout UCSF
         1. Exterior Bike racks
         2. Interior bike cages
         3. Exterior bike cages
         4. Bike lockers — assess operational feasibility
      2. Retrofits of existing bicycle parking to accommodate new needs such as micromobility/eBikes/extended bikes
   3. Standards for bicycle/micromobility amenities/programs
      1. Showers/Lockers
      2. Fix-it Stations/Tools
      3. Programs
      4. Incentives to promote bicycling
6. Operations
   1. Access to and management of the bike cages
   2. Registration
   3. Review of Campus Administrative policies and recommendations for best practices
7. Outreach to UCSF Stakeholders (this will be done in-house via focus group and surveys)
   1. Office of Diversity and Outreach
   2. UC Bikes
   3. Folks on Spokes
   4. Student groups
   5. Patient groups/UCSF Health Patient Services
8. Outreach to External Stakeholders
   1. SF Bicycle Coalition
   2. SFMTA
   3. SF Planning Department
   4. SF Public Works

The expected duration of this project is four (4) months.

The consultant that is selected in this RFQ is not precluded from other University of San Francisco projects unless the unpublished phase in progress for this scope of work provides a competitive advantage.

Submit for this RFQ at: https://app.buildingconnected.com/public/55b2899376365309004aefcc