Reconnecting Communities Initiative
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- 2027-RFQ-CNH-395
- State
- Connecticut
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- NIGP codes
- 90657 Land Development And Planning - Architectural
- 90664 Planning, Urban (Community, Regional, Area Wide, And State)
- 90666 Planning, Site (Installation And Project)
- 91892 Urban Planning Consulting
- 92561 Land Development And Planning/Engineering
- 92672 Planning And Advisory Services, Environmental
- 961 Miscellaneous Services, No. 1 (Not Otherwise Classified)
- UNSPSC codes
- 82110000 Writing and translations
- 80150000 Trade policy and services
- 72154063 Stopple or line stopping service
- 81101523 Urban design and engineering service
- 77101600 Environmental planning
- 77101707 Ecology advisory services
- 77101704 Environmental technology advisory services
- 77121604 Soil pollution advisory services
- 90000000 Travel and Food and Lodging and Entertainment Services
- 73140000 Fibers and textiles and fabric industries
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- 71100000 Mining services
- 93150000 Public administration and finance services
- 72121603 Offshore wind farm geotechnical survey
- 72121604 Offshore wind farm installation and commissioning
- 72154062 Hot tapping service
- 93142100 Regional development
- 93142000 Urban development
- 81101522 Earthworks engineering
- 81101524 City development planning service
- 77101706 Environmental law advisory services
- 77101604 Natural resources management or conservation strategy planning services
- 78120000 Material packing and handling
- 81120000 Economics
- 90140000 Commercial sports
- 93170000 Trade policy and regulation
- 72121600 Offshore wind farm service
- 72121601 Offshore wind farm development and project management
- 72121605 Offshore wind farm operation, maintenance and service
- 72121606 Offshore wind farm decommissioning
- 81101519 Subdivison planning service
- 81101525 Sediment control engineering
- 77101601 Urban environmental development planning
- 77101602 Forest conservation strategy planning
- 77101603 Marine conservation strategy planning
- 77101605 Environmental institution building or planning
- 77101701 Environmental sciences advisory services
- 77101703 Environmental ethics advisory services
- 83000000 Public Utilities and Public Sector Related Services
- 73130000 Food and beverage industries
- 78140000 Transport services
- 90120000 Travel facilitation
- 72121602 Offshore wind farm environmental survey
- 77101700 Environmental advisory services
- 77101702 Environmental chemistry advisory services
- 77101705 Environmental economics advisory services
- Point of contact
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- Prajna Mishra pmishra@newhavenct.gov (203) 946-8204
Opportunity details come from procurement.opengov.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
The City of New Haven is seeking qualifications for a multi-disciplinary consulting team to develop a comprehensive Reconnection Plan along the I-91 corridor in New Haven, Connecticut, with qualifications due October 20, 2026, and a non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting on September 24, 2026. This is a qualifications-based selection (RFQ) funded by a $2 million Reconnecting Communities Pilot planning grant from USDOT, not a price-based procurement.
The scope encompasses five primary tasks: establishing project vision and goals through existing conditions analysis; generating and screening alternative concepts; conducting preliminary screening and detailed feasibility studies; developing urban design frameworks and policy strategies; and producing a final Reconnection Plan with implementation strategy. The selected team must demonstrate expertise in community-driven planning processes, technical capability in diverse urban environments, and ability to integrate climate adaptation, resilience, and equity into infrastructure and project planning. Work will align with both New Haven and Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) vision while adhering to Federal Highway Administration requirements, including Planning & Environmental Linkages (PEL) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) frameworks. Respondents may propose to complete the full scope or submit a clearly defined subset of tasks aligned with their expertise, provided they specify exclusions and assumptions affecting delivery. The City reserves the right to assemble a team from multiple qualified firms.
Contract term is one year with two optional one-year renewal periods. The overall performance period is two years. Contractors exceeding $25,000 annually must comply with the City's Living Wage Ordinance. General liability insurance minimum limits are $1 million per occurrence and $2 million combined aggregate; workers' compensation coverage is required.
Evaluation criteria are qualifications (45 points), understanding of services to be provided (25 points), discussion of focus area topics (20 points), and completeness and quality of response (10 points). No pricing is to be included in the qualifications submittal; pricing will be requested separately following selection. Questions are due October 9, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Proposals must be submitted electronically through the City's eProcurement Portal by 11:00 a.m. on October 20, 2026, or delivered physically to the City Plan Department by October 19, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
Opportunity text
The City of New Haven is seeking qualifications for a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a comprehensive Reconnection Plan along I-91 in New Haven, Connecticut. The selected team must demonstrate experience in community-driven planning processes with a high level of technical capability to work in a diverse urban environment with a commitment to integrating climate adaptation, resilience, and equity into infrastructure and project planning. This project is funded primarily with a $2 Million Reconnecting Communities Pilot planning grant from USDOT, with a period of performance of 2 years for this planning process.
The City envisions this effort as a strong partnership with the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) to ensure that the future of I-91 in New Haven continues to provide access to the City and function within the broader regional highway system, while also supporting the City's goals for housing, sustainability, resiliency, neighborhood revitalization and reconnection, and transportation efficiency & safety, in part through land reclamation, and enhanced transit, pedestrian, and bicycle connectivity.
The effort is designed to investigate and develop a comprehensive and strategic Plan for improving mobility, land use, environmental conditions, economic vitality, and neighborhood cohesion along the I-91 corridor through the City of New Haven. The study will align with both New Haven and CTDOT's vision, while adhering to FHWA's requirements for implementing feasible improvements through transportation planning best practices, FHWA's Planning & Environmental Linkages (PEL) and the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Frameworks.
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