Passenger Rail Serv Development Plan-Atl. to Sav.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is issuing an RFQ to develop a Passenger Rail Service Development Plan for the Atlanta to Savannah corridor, with the prior PNA 484-021023 now cancelled and all submittals directed to replacement RFQ 484-020623. Statements of Qualifications are due February 6, 2023.

The Prime Consultant must hold Georgia DOT prequalification in either Statewide Systems Planning or Urban Area and Regional Transportation Planning. The broader team must include prequalified subconsultants across Mass and Rapid Transportation Planning, Alternate System Planning, and NEPA Documentation specialties (history, air studies, noise studies, ecology, and archaeology). Key anticipated team roles span Data Collection, Modeling, Outreach, Passenger Rail Finance, Environmental Screening and NEPA, Passenger Rail Operations, and Passenger Rail Design.

The scope includes a comprehensive Passenger Rail Feasibility Study and initiation of an Environmental Impact Statement for the approximately 250- to 270-mile corridor between Atlanta and Savannah, with a study area spanning approximately 11,300 square miles. Work requires identification of service needs for the proposed passenger rail route. Additional required prequalification areas include attitude and opinion studies related to public involvement, location studies, major investment studies, mass transit feasibility and technical studies, land surveying (engineering, geodetic), aerial photography and photogrammetry, and topographic remote sensing capabilities including LIDAR, SONAR, thermal, and infrared imaging.

Prospective consultants should contact the Georgia Department of Transportation Office of Procurement Engineering and Design Services for submittal instructions and full scope details in RFQ 484-020623.