24-218 Design Services for Richmond County ITS Master Plan Implementation and Richmond County Emerg

The Augusta, Georgia Engineering and Environmental Services Department is seeking qualifications from GDOT qualified engineering firms to provide professional design services for the Richmond County Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Master Plan Implementation and Richmond County Emergency Vehicle and Transit Preemption System. The scope of work includes designing various ITS elements such as a central command center, traffic signal communications infrastructure, adaptive signal systems, video monitoring, dynamic message boards, transit priority, and emergency vehicle preemption. The RFQ outlines the evaluation criteria, which includes the firm's qualifications and experience, organization and resources, references, scope of services and quality control, project understanding and past performance, technical approach, and presentation/responses to the selection committee. Proposals are due on August 20, 2024 at 11:00 a.m., and a pre-qualification conference will be held on August 5, 2024. All questions must be submitted by August 6, 2024.

The selected consultant(s) will be required to comply with Augusta's Local Small Business Opportunity Program requirements. The procurement does not specify any incumbent vendors or current contractors, but does note that the selected consultant(s) may be awarded a project-specific or multi-phase contract with a cost-plus-fixed-fee or lump sum payment method. While the procurement does not provide a specific award value or budget range, it is for a significant infrastructure project in the Richmond County and Atlanta City areas.