Professional Consulting Services for the Citywide Vision Zero Action Plan

The City desires to engage a qualified professional consultant to prepare a Citywide Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP). The City was awarded $280,000 in federal funding through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program Planning Grant, supplemented by local matching funds, to develop a comprehensive, data-driven strategy to reduce and ultimately eliminate roadway fatalities and serious injuries for all roadway users. The completed Plan will satisfy all requirements of the SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, establish a framework for prioritizing future safety improvements, and position the City to pursue future SS4A Implementation Grants and other transportation safety funding opportunities.

Project Details

• Reference ID: RFP-2026 #1
• Department: Public Works
• Department Head: Kenny Nguyen (Deputy Director of Public Works/City Engineer)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-07-02T23:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Qualification and Experience of Firm (20 pts) —

  Technical experience and demonstrated competence in providing Vision Zero planning, Comprehensive Safety Action Plans, transportation safety analyses, community engagement, and related services. The firm's organizational capacity, availability of technical resources, quality assurance/quality control procedures, and ability to successfully deliver projects of similar scope and complexity, including projects that advanced into implementation or funding, will be considered.

• Staffing and Organization (30 pts) —

  Qualifications, availability, and relevant experience of project staff, particularly “key personnel", especially the Project Manager, including their relevant past experience. Key personnel's level of involvement in performing related work cited in " Qualifications of Personnel" section; adequacy of labor commitment; vision zero related experience; community engagement experience; and demonstrated success delivering similar projects. Continuity of key personnel and clarity of assigned roles and responsibilities.

• Overview and Approach (20 pts) —

  Depth of Proposer’s understanding of the City’s requirements and overall understanding of Vision Zero Planning Project development requirements as outlined in this RFP. Evaluation will consider the technical approach, methodology, project controls, schedule, QA/QC procedures, implementation readiness, and ability to produce practical and actionable recommendations.

• Public Outreach Experience (20 pts) —

  Demonstrated experience in strategically engaging stakeholders and incorporating community input into the planning process, particularly underserved populations, vulnerable roadway users, schools, and community-based organizations.

• Client References (10 pts) —

  Consultant's responsiveness, technical competence, communication, schedule adherence, budget management, quality of work products, and ability to deliver actionable recommendations.

Submission Requirements

• Proposal Requirements (required) —

  Did you read through all documents found in the #Attachments Section and confirm that you meet all of the proposal requirements?

   

• HARDCOPY Submission Instructions (required) —

  ***The City is not accepting electronic responses for this RFP.***

  Per the RFP instructions, Please submit hard copy proposals in a sealed envelope byFriday, July 31, 2026 at4:00 pm.

  The audit firm should send, or have delivered, the completed proposal in 1 envelope and consisting of 2 separate sealed envelopes for 1) proposal and 2) cost proposal per the specifications of the RFP.

   

  Submit to the following address:

  RFP forProfessional Consulting Services for the Citywide Vision Zero Action Plan

  Attn: ????

  City of Tustin

  300 Centennial Way

  Tustin, CA 92780

• Proposal Documents (required) —

  Please Fill-in, Scan and Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here.

   

• Proposal (without Cost Proposal) (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here. Upload fee proposal separately in the next step.

• Separate Cost Proposal (required) —

  Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here.

• Bid Bond —

  Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified cashier’s check, or bid bond, in the amount of  Bid Bond Percentage of the total bid price, payable to  Organization Name, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement. The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 days from the date of the bid opening.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Please scan and upload a copy of your bid bond/cashier's check.

  Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee with a postmarked date no later thanFriday, July 31, 2026addressed to:

  City of Tustin, Public Works
  Kyra Tao
  300 Centennial Way
  Tustin,CA92780

  Please have the Bidder Name, Contract Title ("Professional Consulting Services for the Citywide Vision Zero Action Plan"), and Contract Number ("RFP-2026 #1") listed clearly on the outside of the envelope.

• Bid Bond (hard copy submittal) (required) —

  Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee with a postmarked date no later thanFriday, July 31, 2026addressed to:

  City of Tustin, Public Works
  Kyra Tao
  300 Centennial Way
  Tustin,CA92780

  Please have the Bidder Name, Contract Title ("Professional Consulting Services for the Citywide Vision Zero Action Plan"), and Contract Number ("RFP-2026 #1") listed clearly on the outside of the envelope.

• Contract Execution, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, and Certificate(s) of Insurance (required) —

  The contract shall be executed by the successful bidder and shall be returned, together with the Payment Bond, Performance Bond and Certificate(s) of Insurance to City of Tustin so that it is received within 10 working daysafter the bidder has received the contract for execution. Failure to do so shall be just cause for forfeiture of the proposal guaranty.

• Please select the delivery option that applies: (required)
• Bid Bond to be submitted via ProcureNow? (required) —

  Will this solicitation require a bid bond to be delivered as part of an electronic response?

• Electronic Pricing Table (required) —

  Would you like to have bidders respond to an electronic pricing table through ProcureNow?

  Select "yes" if you would like the bidder to input pricing into a table in ProcureNow.

  Select "no" if you prefer the bidder to include pricing as a pdf to upload. Or if vendor is not submitting through ProcureNow.

   

  Some examples for "yes"

  1. This is a quote for a finite set of goods or commodities
  2. This is a public works bid, but you want the bidder to list their total project cost here.
  3. Seeking services for hourly rate schedules
• Evaluation Criteria (required) —

  Would you like to define the evaluation criteria ahead of posting the bid?