Description of Services : The City is seeking consultants that preferably have experience with the City’s Travel Demand Model to provide a wide range of On-Call Travel Demand Modeling Services and City Model specific tool kit customization. Qualification Submittal Deadline: Sealed qualification submittals shall be mailed to the following address: City of San Luis Obispo Public Works Administration Attn: Madeline Kacsinta 919 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Qualification submittals shall be mailed or delivered in person to 919 Palm Street. All mailed qualification submittals must be delivered and in possession of the project manager by 2:00 P.M. on April 5, 2024 . Submittals received after said time will not be considered. To guard against premature opening, each proposal shall be submitted to the Public Works Department in a sealed envelope plainly marked with the following: RFQ title Specification number Consultant name Time and date of the proposal opening Proposals shall be
submitted using the forms provided in the specification package. Obtaining a Specification Package Download from the City’s Web site www.slocity.org - Doing Business / Bids & Proposals page . A list of companies that have viewed the Request for Qualifications is provided on the BidSync Portal. Questions Contact Madeline Kacsinta at (805) 781-7094 or mkacsint@slocity.org with any questions regarding this Request for Qualifications. Background: The City maintains a TransCad Multimodal Travel Demand Model which was developed by Cambridge Systematics. This model is used in a wide variety of applications from long range plan development, traffic impact studies, transportation fee programs, operational assessments, and to support other types of analysis such as noise and air quality studies. Qualified candidates should have experience with the City Travel Demand Model and its custom tool kits, not only in running the model but also experience with modifying the custom tool kits. The following is an outline of the anticipated schedule for proposal review and contract award: Issue RFQ.................................................March 8, 2024 Receive qualification proposals.................April 5, 2024 Complete proposal evaluation...................May 22, 2024 Award contract...........................................June 19, 2024 Execute contract........................................July 2, 2024