Transportation Planning Professional Consultant Services for the Public Involvement Process for the County Long-Range Transportation Plan
This Request for Qualifications based submittal (RFQ) is for the purpose of contracting with a qualified firm or firms to assist the County in engaging the public, County Board members, and other key stakeholders in the County to envision, debate, and identify transportation priorities. Technical information to support the planning process will be prepared by County staff.
The County is an extreme commuter community in metropolitan Chicago. Roughly half of the County remains in agricultural production. Many of its residents travel over an hour and a half oneway to their jobs. About half of the entire workforce leaves the County, only 2% work in the City of Chicago. The County is connected to the City of Chicago with commuter rail service but has no direct access to the nation's interstate highway system. Much of the workforce that leaves the County works in northwest Cook County, Lake County, or Kane County. Bus transit services are very limited; and, many areas lack sidewalks and bicycle facilities. To facilitate the longrange transportation plan, the County wishes to contract with a consultant specifically to focus on the public involvement needed to guide the planning process.
It is the intent to solicit interest from those firms that have experience in making public involvement constructively work to formulate a regional plan. This project will be funded with $200,000 in Federal Unified Work Program (UWP) funds and $50,000 in required local matching funds to undertake this work. The Scope of Work should anticipate completing the work to meet one or more goals of the Unified Work Program Committee of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
Upon selection, contracts will be procured.
