Comprehensive Public Transportation Training Program Development and Management

The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) is issuing a Request for Information to solicit input from qualified consultants and entities on the potential development, management, and execution of a comprehensive training program and communities of practice for public transportation providers, with responses due November 30, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. EST via the eVA platform. This is information-gathering only and will not result in an immediate contract; responses may inform development of future RFPs, task orders, or programming.

The program targets Virginia's 40 public transit service providers across large urban, small urban, and rural jurisdictions. The scope encompasses developing and delivering training curricula addressing workforce retention, safety culture, institutional knowledge management, and modernization of practices; coordinating accreditation and certification with bodies such as APTA, ASCE, and TSI; assessing agency needs through surveys and performance metrics; facilitating communities of practice; and managing events logistics. Training delivery must span in-person, virtual, and hybrid methods and serve both credentialed and non-credentialed audiences.

Respondents must provide organization profiles; proposed approaches to all five areas of interest; general question responses; cost estimations at various program levels; conceptual timelines; and information regarding potential artificial intelligence integration. Submissions require electronic filing with indexed tabs in a specified format.

A Teams conference call for general information and verbal Q&A is scheduled for November 9, 2026. Written questions are due November 10, 2026. All submitted information becomes the property of the Commonwealth; DRPT is not liable for costs incurred by respondents in preparing submissions.