TURNING MOVEMENT COUNTS

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is seeking qualified contractors to provide Traffic Count Collection Services across all 46 counties in South Carolina through a five-year contract. The primary scope involves collecting, processing, uploading, and reporting traffic count data, with a specific focus on turning movement counts and video collection processing at designated locations. Contractors must maintain field supervisors and staff within approximately 450 miles of Columbia, South Carolina, and be capable of completing traffic counts within 30 calendar days of location request (with emergency counts requiring seven-day completion). Required deliverables include PETRA files in .ppd format, Excel spreadsheets, intersection sketches, photos, and Traffic Count Investigation Surveys. The solicitation covers multiple service categories including turning movement and bicycle counts using 1-3 person teams for 4-12 hour durations, video collection and processing, and specialized roundabout video collection. Proposals will be evaluated using three factors in order of importance: Methodology, Experience, and Cost. Key dates include a proposal submission deadline of October 22, 2020, at 2:30 PM, with questions due by October 5, 2020, and an original award notification date of November 12, 2020.

The contract does not appear to have specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises, though a Minority Participation Questionnaire is part of the submission requirements. The previous vendor was Short Counts, and the total estimated contract value is $15,000.00, with $3,000.00 allocated per year. Contractors must provide all necessary equipment, materials, software, transportation, and personnel to perform services. The contract term is scheduled from November 24, 2020, through November 23, 2025, with potential automatic one-year renewals unless either party provides thirty days' notice of non-renewal. Pricing is fixed for the initial term and any renewal periods, with potential price adjustments subject to Procurement Officer approval after the initial term. Interestingly, the solicitation indicates that approximately 44 turning movement counts were conducted in 2019, with approximately $19,000 spent on such services that year, suggesting potential variability in actual service utilization. The procurement allows for flexible methodologies, including manual counts and video collection, with vendors able to integrate different data collection techniques as needed.