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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LETTER OF RESPONSE

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Advertisement No.: 25716 DOT FM Number: 259173-1-12-15

Submittal Date: 1/21/2025 Project Name: Tampa Bay RTA Model Validation - continuing

Consultant’s Name: BCC Engineering, LLC (Firm must use the name shown on the Consultant’s qualification letter.)

Street Address: 4905 West Laurel Street, Suite 301

City: Tampa State: FL Zip: 33607

Office Location: Tampa Contact person: SungRyong Han

Phone: 813-637-0000 Contact email: shan@bcceng.com By submittal of this letter the Consultant certifies that all information provided in the letter is true and accurate. The Consultant further certifies that staff proposed are currently employed by the firm(s) identified, or the Consultant shall provide a statement indicating when staff will become employed by the identified firm(s).

The Letter of Response should address the following information:

• Proposed approach and understanding of critical issues.

• Relevant project experience – Similar type of work experience.

• Other content provided by firm.

• Proposed key personnel and their proposed roles (do not include resumes).

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Introduction: BCC Engineering, LLC (BCC) is pleased to submit this Letter of Response and requests consideration for District 7’s Tampa Bay RTA (Regional Transportation Analysis) Model Validation – continuing services contract. BCC will provide District 7 with a comprehensive and experienced team, ready to deliver the required professional engineering services for this contract based on the current and projected workload. BCC and our teammates are prequalified with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for 13.3 Policy Planning, 13.4 Systems Planning, 13.5 Subarea/Corridor Planning, 13.6 Land Planning/Engineering, and

13.7 Transportation Statistics, as required.

The BCC Team: BCC will serve as the Prime consultant for the project. The firm’s responsibilities will include model development and maintenance, planning support to the Department and Technical Review Team (TRT), as well as in-house planning/modeling support. The BCC Team comprises professionals with FDOT District 7 local expertise, excellent qualifications, and exceptional experience in all aspects of this contract. BCC is a Florida-based firm that has successfully led some of the most significant planning and modeling contracts in the Tampa Bay area and across the state. To ensure the highest level of expertise and collaboration, BCC will partner with a distinguished team of subconsultants, including several Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) and Small Businesses (SBs). Key partners include Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. (PTG), Wey Engineering, PLLC (WEY) (DBE/SB), GM2 Associates, Inc. (GM2), Metric Engineering Inc. (MEI), Osiris 9 Consulting, LLC (OS9) (DBE/SB), CDM Smith Inc. (CDM), Caltran Engineering Group, Inc.

(CAL) (DBE/SB), PTV America Inc. (PTV), Consor Engineers, LLC (CON), InNovo Partners, LLC (INP) (DBE/SB), Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP (WRA), Kittelson & Associates, Inc. (KAI), RS&H, Inc. (RSH), Resource Systems Group, Inc. (RSG), AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (AEC), H.W. Lochner Inc (LOC), and Gannett Fleming, Inc. (GFI). Led by Mr. SungRyong Han of BCC, this team embodies an optimal blend of local, state, and national expertise in advanced travel demand modeling, engineering

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analysis, and application development. Each partner brings specific skills and experience to the table: PTG offers national expertise in large-scale travel demand modeling. WEY focuses on Florida's Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) planning aligned with statewide goals. GM2 provides sustainable engineering solutions, while MEI and OS9 integrate planning and advanced engineering analysis in Project Development and Environment (PD&E) studies. CDM delivers traffic and revenue modeling for regional projects; and CAL specializes in data-driven transportation solutions with precise data collection. PTV enhances Tampa Bay Regional Planning Model (TBRPM) with tools like Visum and Vissim. CON conducts corridor studies and feasibility analyses, while INP provides advanced data analytics support to District 7. WRA contributes to multimodal and freight planning; and KAI delivers dynamic traffic assignments and corridor studies. RSH focuses on freight planning and multimodal transportation, while RSG provides expertise in Tampa Bay regional travel characteristic surveys. AEC offers advanced transportation solutions. LOC specializes in traffic studies; and GFI delivers modeling and multimodal analysis. The BCC Team is uniquely qualified to assist District 7 in meeting both current and future transportation challenges. Our collective experience in travel demand modeling, Long Range Transportation Plans (LRTPs), and traffic studies allows us to effectively support the Systems Planning Coordinator, Mr. Andrew Tyrell (FDOT Project Manager), and the Department by providing essential support and serving as an extension to FDOT staff. Mr. Han extends his full professional and personal commitment to making this contract a priority, ensuring that the BCC Team consistently delivers exceptional service and quality outcomes to Mr. Tyrell, the District 7 Systems Planning Team, and all stakeholders involved.

Understanding Scope of Services: The BCC Team understands that this Districtwide Task Work Order-based contract is crucial for assisting the District 7 Systems Planning Coordinator in effectively fulfilling the Department’s responsibilities, including supporting and advancing the Tampa Bay RTA and TBRPM. Given BCC Team’s direct experience with this contract, we understand critical scope areas and will focus on: A. Model Structure Overview: Ensuring a robust TBRPM framework through alignment reviews, addressing limitations, and adapting to future challenges; B. Regional Planning Catalog Update: Keeping model inputs current by evaluating land use condition and conducting regional travel surveys; C. Regional Planning Models and Tools Preparation: Converting TBRPM to tour-based models for precision and enhancing tools for land use allocation model, transit, freight, and mesoscopic analysis; D.

Modeling Assistance and Support: Supporting the Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) with LRTPs, corridor studies, and innovative transportation solutions; and E. Documentation and Technical Assistance: Providing clear reports, user guides, and hands-on trainings for effective model use. The BCC Team delivers specialized tools, maintains regional coordination, and provides technical guidance, documentation, and training to meet evolving regional needs. The BCC Team enhances FDOT's capacity by delivering timely, expert support to the District 7 Systems Planning

Coordinator, ensuring alignment with project goals.

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BCC Engineering, LLC (BCC) SungRyong Han 85% 28 √ √ √ √ √ Danyu Shi, AICP 85% 13 √ √ √ √ √ AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (AEC) Naresh Kotari, AICP 60% 20 √ √ √ Caltran Engineering Group, Inc. (CAL) (DBE/SB) Moe Lavasani, PhD, PE 50% 11 √ √ √ CDM Smith Inc. (CDM) Richard Tillery, AICP 65% 29 √ √ √ √ Consor Engineers, LLC (CON) Jeffrey Novotny, AICP 25% 36 √ √ √ Gannett Fleming, Inc. (GFI) Jeanette Berk 35% 36 √ √ √ √ GM2 Associates, Inc. (GM2) Joseph Samus, PE 65% 14 √ √ √ H.W. Lochner Inc (LOC) Vinod Vishwanatha, PE 60% 17 √ √ √ InNovo Partners, LLC (INP) (DBE/SB) Melissa Gross, PE 35% 18 √ √ √ Kittelson & Associates, Inc. (KAI) Franco Saraceno 40% 24 √ √ √ Metric Engineering Inc. (MEI) Stefan Escanes, PE 65% 15 √ √ √ Osiris 9 Consulting, LLC (OS9) (DBE/SB) Daniel Miller, PE 75% 24 √ √ √ √ Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. (PTG) Gregory Gaides 60% 30 √ √ √ √ √ PTV America Inc. (PTV) Chetan Joshi, PE 20% 18 √ √ √ √ RS&H, Inc. (RSH) Brian Kirkpatrick, PE 40% 20 √ √ √ Resource Systems Group, Inc. (RSG) Jeremy Wilhelm 20% 18 √ √ √ √ Wey Engineering, PLLC (WEY) (DBE/SB) Matthew Wey, PE 50% 27 √ √ √ Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP (WRA) Jamie Snow 25% 30 √ √ √ √

Relevant Projects and References: ■ FDOT District 7: Tampa Bay Regional Transportation Analysis (Phases XIV-XV); Client:

Andrew Tyrell | (813) 975-6458 | 9/2015 – Present: BCC serves as the General Consultant, supporting TBRPM and advanced model development, facilitating TRT meetings, coordinating TPO/MPO LRTP updates, and developing a Design Traffic Application. ■ FDOT Central Office: Florida Statewide Model (FLSWM) Development (Phases I-V); Clients: Huiwei Shen, Terry Corkery, Thomas Hill | (850) 414-4903 | 10/2006 - 7/2024: BCC contributed to statewide model development through data integration, model calibration, and ensuring accuracy for passenger and freight forecasts. ■ Florida Turnpike Enterprise: General Planning and General Engineering Consultants; Client: Andrew Velasquez |

(954) 934-1161 | 11/2006 – Present: Supporting statewide Traffic & Revenue studies, corridor and subarea modeling, toll feasibility analysis, Express Lanes Time of Day (ELToD) model development, and Turnpike Statewide Model (TSM) development. ■ FDOT District 4: Southeast Florida Regional Planning Model (SERPM) Development (Versions 7 & 9); Client: John Krane |

(954) 777-4459 | 9/2011 - 12/2013, 7/2022 – Present: Integrated Geographic Information System (GIS) networks and improved model accuracy for SERPM development phases. ■ Florida Turnpike Enterprise: Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) Model for Congestion Pricing; Client: Andrew Velasquez | (954) 934- 1161 | 8/2012 - 12/2014: Developed a DTA model to evaluate the feasibility of congestion pricing for Southeast Florida. BCC’s extensive experience in transportation analysis, model development, and technical support demonstrates our ability to deliver effective, tailored solutions to meet diverse client needs.

Awareness of Project Issues: The Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) projects District 7's population will grow from 3.49 million in 2023 to over 4.28 million by 2050, creating significant pressure on the transportation system. The BCC Team, with extensive experience collaborating with FDOT, understands the challenges this growth presents, including ■ Adapting to rule changes in federal guidelines, such as the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)’s environmental ratings; ■ Meeting evolving needs for telework, transit, tourism, freight (including truck parking), and land use planning; ■ Integrating new technologies like Autonomous, Connected, Electric, and Shared-Use (ACES) vehicles into models; ■ Supporting modeling for interregional projects like Florida’s Future Corridors; ■ Enhancing consistency across models, including TBRPM, Tour-Based Model, and TSM; ■ Coordinating with FDOT Districts, MPOs, counties, and cities for LRTPs; ■ Implementing the Tour-Based Model and enhancing tools for TPO/MPO forecasting; and ■ Developing new modeling tools for District 7 and TPO/MPOs to support regional planning efforts. The BCC Team's extensive experience and in-house resources enable us to effectively enhance FDOT's capabilities by delivering the technical expertise and coordination required to overcome these challenges. We are prepared to support District 7 in achieving sustainable mobility and addressing future transportation demands.

Project Approach: The BCC Team leverages a rigorous research approach, state-of-the-art capabilities, and extensive experience to define deliverables, establish project schedules, and keep stakeholders updated. Our main objective is to enhance the utility and user-friendliness of regional planning models and other forecasting platforms while supporting the maintenance and updates of LRTPs for TPO/MPOs and District 7's special studies.

We are highly proficient in current modeling tools used in the Tampa Bay region and well-versed in ongoing studies and future needs. The BCC Team aims to improve District 7’s travel demand models by incorporating advanced methodologies, such as tour-based modeling, supply chain freight modeling, Dynamic Traffic Assignment, ACES, multi-resolution modeling, and other emerging tools like Artificial Intelligence (AI). Our expertise also extends to integrating big data, advanced analytics, transit modeling, and managed lane assessment tools such as the ELToD model, ensuring that our models address evolving transportation policy and technical challenges.

Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC): As demonstrated in previous contracts, BCC consistently implements its QA/QC program with success, earning the trust and satisfaction of the clients we serve. Through continuous quality control, the BCC Team is committed to delivering high-quality work products that meet the Department’s requirements and expectations. These deliverables will be on-time, on-budget, technically sound, and complete. BCC will ensure that all work meets the highest standards of accuracy and completeness, taking ultimate responsibility for the quality of work performed by our subconsultants. To uphold these high standards, BCC will prepare a project-specific QA/QC plan that defines the QC personnel, their roles, schedules, and review requirements for both BCC and our sub-consultants. Mr. Han will regularly coordinate with Mr. Andrew Tyrell to ensure the quality of work is maintained and to make any necessary adjustments. Mr. Lorin R.C. Brissett, PE (BCC), with 28 years of extensive technical expertise, will serve as the Contract QA Manager, dedicating 65% of his time to the role. He will oversee and monitor the development and implementation of contract-specific QA/QC Plans to ensure all submittals meet the highest quality standards.

Mr. Han and the BCC Team are fully dedicated to proactively supporting Mr. Tyrell and the Department in a seamless and expeditious manner through this contract. Acting as an extension of Mr. Tyrell's staff, Mr. Han will provide unwavering professional support, ensuring that the broader objectives of the District are achieved by thoroughly vetting all viable solutions. Our multifaceted BCC Team will provide the Department with access to a pool of highly proficient professionals, equipped to address its immediate and long-term needs.

Respectfully, Anthony Jorges, PE.

Director of Transportation Planning, BCC Engineering.

Prequalification of Prime Consultant and any proposed Subconsultants by advertised type(s) of work:

Consultant Name Project Advertised Major & Minor Work Types

13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 DBE SB UU

Prime BCC Engineering, LLC

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AECOM Technical Services, Inc.

Caltran Engineering Group, Inc.

CDM Smith Inc.

Consor Engineers, LLC Gannett Fleming, Inc.

GM2 Associates, Inc.

H.W. Lochner Inc Innovo Partners, LLC Kittelson & Associates, Inc.

Metric Engineering Inc.

Osiris 9 Consulting, LLC Parsons Transportation Group, Inc.

RS&H, Inc.

Resource Systems Group, Inc.

Wey Engineering, PLLC Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP PTV America Inc.

SB = Small Business UU = Under-utilized work type; subconsultant is a professional services firm and is prequalified in the Under-Utilized Work Group. Refer to the advertisement for applicability.

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SB = Small Business UU = Under-utilized work type; subconsultant is a professional services firm and is prequalified in the Under-Utilized

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