REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Professional Engineering Services Safe Streets For All

The City of Valdosta is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for professional engineering services to develop a comprehensive Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan aimed at reducing and eliminating severe injury and fatality crashes on all roadways within the city. The procurement seeks qualified firms, partnerships, joint ventures, or teams with demonstrated experience in multimodal transportation planning and engineering. The scope of work is extensive and includes baseline crash analysis, existing conditions assessment, geospatial identification of high-risk locations, comprehensive public and stakeholder engagement in English and Spanish at multiple community centers, equity analysis, policy review, and development of evidence-based projects prioritizing low-cost, high-impact interventions. Required deliverables include a comprehensive Safety Action Plan document, an executive summary in PowerPoint format, GIS project shapefiles for identified projects and crash data, project webpages, and support for City Council presentations. Interested firms must submit one bound hard-copy Statement of Qualifications and one PDF format SOQ on a USB drive by 5:00 PM on May 1, 2026, to the City Engineering office at 300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602, addressed to Ben O'Dowd, P.E., City Engineer. Selection will be evaluated based on prime consultant and key personnel experience with similar projects, technical approach and project understanding, past performance references, and resource availability. Submittals must include the firms' experience and capabilities, a list of key personnel, and current hourly rate schedules, and all activities must be performed in strict adherence to applicable federal regulations and requirements outlined in the FY2023 SS4A Notice of Funding Opportunity.

The RFQ does not identify specific set-aside designations or restrictions limiting participation to particular categories of organizations based on disadvantaged enterprise status, though the procurement emphasizes multimodal transportation planning expertise and federal grant compliance requirements. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the documentation. The consultant will be required to facilitate inter- and intra-governmental cooperation among the City of Valdosta, City of Remerton, Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Valdosta State University (VSU), and Lowndes County Board of Commissioners. The project is funded by a Federal Safe Streets and Roads for All Action Plan Grant awarded to the City of Valdosta in 2024, with matching dollars provided by City of Valdosta Local Funds. The anticipated project budget for consultant services is $300,000, making this a significant engagement for qualified engineering firms with the relevant expertise and capacity to execute this comprehensive safety planning initiative.