REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

PROPOSALS ACCEPTED UNTIL September 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM PDT

Issue Date: August 29, 2025

Title: Multi-Modal Integrated Transit Station (MMITS) Concept Plan

Contact Information:

Andrew J. Mogensen, AICP
Community Development Director
(650) 259-2341

Qualifications to be mailed directly to:

City of Millbrae
Attn: Michelle Lee, Administrative Assistant
621 Magnolia Avenue
Millbrae, CA 94030

Hand‐delivered/courier directly to:

City of Millbrae
Attn: Michelle Lee, Administrative Assistant
621 Magnolia Ave.
Millbrae, CA 94030

Deadline for Receipt: Monday, September 22, 2025 4:30 PM PDT'For information concerning RFQ questions, procedures, and regulations, interested parties should visit https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/379/Bids-Proposals. The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) City of Millbrae – Multi-modal Integrated Transit Concept Plan details the scope of services solicited, proposer qualifications, proposal requirements, evaluation and selection process, projected timeline, and other necessary information.

PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW

The purpose of this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is to identify and select a qualified consulting agency or firm to prepare a vision for a future integrated multi-modal station and the surrounding City and/or neighborhoods. The City's transit center - Millbrae station - is located at the heart of the Millbrae Station Area Specific Plan. It is currently a hub providing access to local transit options including BART, Caltrain, SamTrans, corporate shuttles, and other modes of transit. It also provides a connection to SFO via BART.

Designated as the only station proximate to SFO in the planned California HSR system and the sole stop between San Francisco and San Jose, Millbrae station holds the promise of making much of California more easily accessible to global travelers and making nonstop global air travel accessible to most Californians. The station will serve as a regional hub for domestic and global passengers by linking SFO to San Francisco, Silicon Valley, the entire Bay Area and beyond. Passenger growth at the station is expected to increase in the future as high-speed rail replaces short-distance intrastate routes currently served by regional airlines.

Given the significance of HSR and the number of agencies utilizing Millbrae station, the formation of a vision was seen as an important first step in developing a concept plan for the integration of a future station and surrounding land use. Through planning efforts like the MSASP, the City of Millbrae has previously worked to improve the community's link with the rail station, downtown and major employers. Because of Millbrae's central role in the planning process as the local connection between land use and transportation, the City of Millbrae will be taking the lead in managing the planning and visioning effort between the participating agencies.

The City is seeking an experienced and qualified firm to create a vision and concept plan that accommodates transit agencies at the station and integrates the transit station with surrounding land uses. The firm is expected to lead the coordination and facilitation of the meetings with the transit agencies to gather input and use that information to create the concept plan. The transit agencies who utilize Millbrae station include BART, Caltrain, SamTrans, CHSRA, and SFO Airport. It is expected that the final concept plan will be incorporated into the Millbrae Station Area Specific Plan and will help further local compliance with Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC) Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Policy.

MTC Priority Development Area Grant

In 2023, the City was awarded a matching $600,000 Priority Development Area grant from MTC to amend the Millbrae Station Area Specific Plan with a multi-modal integrated transit station concept plan to accommodate future HSR. With the City committing up to $600,000 in matching funds, the total amount allocated for this effort is $1,200,000.

For more information visit: https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/379/Bids-Proposals

Proposals are due no later than September 22, 2025, 4:30pm.