On-Call Traffic Engineering and Caltrans Coordination Services For Highway 395 at Lawson Avenue and Cortez Avenue

The City of Adelanto, California, is soliciting proposals for on-call traffic engineering and Caltrans coordination services at Highway 395 intersections at Lawson Avenue and Cortez Avenue under an RFP due November 2, 2026, with a question deadline of October 19, 2026.

Scope includes project management, Caltrans District 8 planning coordination, preliminary plan finalization, intersection control evaluation, traffic operations analysis, drainage studies, design standard documentation, and right-of-way decertification processing. Consultants must hold a California Professional Engineer license and Traffic Engineer license, plus a bachelor's degree in civil engineering or related field. A California Land Surveyor license or agreement to retain a licensed surveyor is required. Minimum qualification is ten years of traffic engineering experience on state highway and municipal projects.

The contract term is one year with optional annual extensions at the City's discretion. Compensation is task-order based with pre-authorized budgets and schedules for each task; payment is monthly based on hours worked and reimbursable expenses. Consultants must maintain professional liability insurance of at least one million dollars and comply with California prevailing wage requirements under Labor Code provisions.

Proposals will be evaluated on understanding of scope (30%), approach and methodology (20%), experience and qualifications (35%), and references (15%). Technical proposals are evaluated and ranked first; fee proposals are opened only after technical ranking. Interviews may be conducted with the top three firms. The City may terminate the contract without cause during any fiscal year.