Active SLED Opportunity · PENNSYLVANIA · DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
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DVRPC seeks professional planning consultants to form a prequalified pool for future projects under the Transportation and Community Development Initiative. The opportunity covers multiple planning categories including community, economic, transportation, and environmental planning for the Greater Philadelphia region.
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is seeking qualified Respondents to provide information demonstrating the ability to perform professional planning services, for the purposes of establishing a prequalified pool of Consultants for future project competitive solicitations, including projects funded through DVRPC’s Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI).
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Greater Philadelphia region, established by an Interstate Compact between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey. Members include Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, plus the City of Chester, in Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties, plus the cities of Camden and Trenton, in New Jersey.
DVRPC's mission
As the Metropolitan Planning Organization for Greater Philadelphia, DVRPC builds consensus for a shared regional vision; enables data-based, community-centered solutions; and helps put plans into action.
DVRPC's vision
A Greater Philadelphia region that provides:
DVRPC is funded through a variety of funding sources including federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Pennsylvania and New Jersey departments of transportation, as well as by DVRPC's state and local member governments.
DVRPC serves strictly as an advisory agency. Any planning or design concepts as prepared by DVRPC are conceptual and may require engineering design and feasibility analysis. Actual authority for carrying out any planning proposals rest solely with the governing bodies of the states, local governments or authorities that have the primary responsibility to own, manage or maintain any transportation facility.
DVRPC fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related nondiscrimination statutes in all activities. For more information, visit www.dvrpc.org/GetInvolved/TitleVI.
DVRPC, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.
Please see attached DVRPC's Prequalified Consultants for Professional Planning Services and their approved categories .
No action is needed for previously prequalified firms unless seeking to become prequalified for additional categories.
Please see updated DVRPC's Prequalified Consultants for Professional Planning Services and their approved categories .
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The file upload must include key personnel that will be assigned if awarded a contract, detailing their qualifications, areas of expertise, a summary of their past experience performing similar services for the Greater Philadelphia Region (or similar jurisdictions), including experience working with local government officials, community groups and decision-makers, and regional partner agencies. Respondents should illustrate staff with professional certifications.
Qualified Consultant(s) who wish to conduct planning services in New Jersey must provide the name of at least one (1) eligible team member who is certified with a current New Jersey Professional Planning License, and submit the respective license number(s).
Please provide two points of contact (Name, Title, Email)
Please upload a minimum of three (3) client references. Indicate if DVRPC has consent to contact the listed references to inquire regarding the qualifications of the Respondent(s).
Information must be provided regarding the project name and the year(s) the work was performed. By providing this information, Respondent understands and provides consent for DVRPC to contact the listed references to inquire regarding the qualifications of the Respondent(s).
Professional planning consultant services fall into one or more of the following six (6) categories: Community and Economic Development, Public Engagement, Municipal and Regulatory Planning, Residential Planning, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, and Environmental Planning
For each category that the Respondent is qualified for, the Respondent must submit a minimum of two (2) planning projects completed within the past ten (10) years, containing the following required items:
Please upload as one pdf file.
Q (Consultants already on Prequalification List): Can you confirm that the list of consultants that are already prequalified are on this list here: https://www.dvrpc.org/asp/PublicMeetingFiles/filedownload.aspx?fileid=1_s7F4zODJhF8vvttlQxCZa_lo7MoQ2mU&filename=1491_Prequalified.pdf If a firm is on this list, are they already prequalified for all six TCDI categories? If not, how can a firm confirm what categories they are already prequalified for? The TCDI Consultant Qualifications System (https://www.dvrpc.org/asp/TCDIConsultantQualification/login.aspx) does not show this.
A: Prequalified consultants are only qualified in the categories that were previously approved in the TCDI Consultant Qualifications System. If seeking to become prequalified for additional categories, a firm must submit qualifications for the new categories. A forthcoming addendum will include a link to a PDF of prequalified firms and their approved categories.
Q (Existing Prequalification Status): If we were prequalified in 2022, is our prequalification still active? How do we find what categories we are prequalified for? Do we have to update our prequalification or is no action needed in response to this RFP?
A: No action is needed for previously prequalified firms unless seeking to become prequalified for additional categories. A forthcoming addendum will include a link to a PDF of prequalified firms and their approved categories.
Q (Prequalification Status Validity and Expiration):
A: Please advise if there is an expiration date for current prequalified categories. And will a prequalified firm be required to “renew” at some point in the future? There is no expiration date for firms who are currently prequalified. All prequalified firms will be notified directly if renewal is required in the future.
Q (Local Branch Office): Is the prime consultant required to have a local office in Delaware Valley?
A: No. The prime consultant is not required to have a local office in DVRPC's nine-county region.
Q (No subject): According to our 2022 prequalification submission, we submitted for/and were approved for categories 3 and 5. The list in the addendum states our firm is approved in categories 2, 5, and 6. Could you please verify this information is accurate?
A: Confirmed, Wallace Montgomery is qualified in categories 3 and 5. An addendum is issued to reflect the update.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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