The Heartland Regional Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) requires the services of a firm with transit planning expertise to perform a Feasibility Study and simulation for on-demand public transit services for Highlands County, Florida, with a focus on the Sebring-Avon Park Urbanized Area and develop recommendations that will inform the 2022 Major Update of the Highlands Transit Development Plan.
Submissions: Interested respondents should request a Proposal Package via email to Shannon McPherson at smcpherson@cfrpc.org. A complete package of items specified in the Proposal Package should be mailed or delivered to: Attention: Shannon McPherson; Heartland Regional Transportation Planning Organization, 555 East Church Street, Bartow, FL 33830-3931. All submissions must be received in the HRTPO’s offices by Monday, November 15, 2021, at 4 PM EST.
Questions: Questions should be addressed in writing via email to Shannon McPherson at smcpherson@cfrpc.org no later than 4:00 p.m. EST on Monday, November 1, 2021. Responses shall be in writing. Responses to questions shall be provided to all persons who have requested a copy of this RFP and will be posted on www.heartlandregionaltpo.org website.
Respondents to this solicitation or persons acting on their behalf may not contact, between the release of the solicitation and the end of the 72-hour period following the agency posting the notice of intended award, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays, any employee or officer of the executive or legislative branch concerning any aspect of this solicitation, except in writing to the procurement officer or as provided in the solicitation documents. Violation of this provision may be grounds for rejecting a response.
The HRTPO reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject all submissions, reissue a subsequent RFP, terminate, restructure or amend this procurement process at any time. This RFP has been reviewed by the Florida Department of Transportation for compliance with applicable State and Federal procurement requirements.