Evaluation_Criteria_for_Public_Transportation_Financial_and_Technical_Consultant.docx

The document is an Evaluation Criteria document for a Public Transportation Financial and Technical Consultant opportunity issued by Volusia County Transit Services in Florida. The county is seeking a highly qualified consulting firm to perform ongoing public transit planning activities, including service planning, grant writing, Transit Development Plan (TDP), Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan (TDSP), and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) plan updates, along with graphical, technical, and public involvement work.

The evaluation criteria for selecting the consultant will focus on five key areas: (1) understanding of project scope and deliverables, (2) demonstrated accounting experience with indirect cost allocation models within the past three years, (3) understanding of FTA and FDOT grant programs, (4) qualifications and experience of the consulting team, and (5) total cost. The consultant is expected to have a comprehensive working knowledge of transit funding sources, particularly federal and state transportation funding mechanisms, and the ability to support various technical and analytical transit-related activities.