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The Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA), in partnership with the City of Council Bluffs, is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the City of Council Bluffs Multimodal Connection and Expansion Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study.

Consulting firms are invited to submit qualifications for accomplishments of the items of work described in the RFQ Scope of Services.  

The purpose of this project is to conduct a PEL study identifying purpose and need, the range of possible alternatives (with subsequent screening of unreasonable alternatives), and proposed evaluation criteria for connections to existing and future multimodal networks within the proposed alternatives study area shown below.

Specifically, the alternatives study must include at a minimum the Transit Alternatives Analysis study area in Council Bluffs and the Urban Core Strategic Study area within the City of Omaha Urban Core. The study will meet documentation requirements such that all work produced within the study can be carried forward into future National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) activities.

To help answer questions about the request a pre-submission conference is scheduled for June 13, 2023 from 2:00p to 4:00p CDT. It will be held at the Council Bluffs Police Department: 1 Ezra Jackson Way, Council Bluffs, IA 51503. A virtual option will also be available, please use this Pre-Submission Conference Virtual Meeting Information to access it.

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): Council Bluffs Multimodal Connection and Expansion Planning & Environmental Linkages Study (RFQ)   It is available through the link below too.

Applicants must follow the “Supplier Registration” process at the following URL:
https://cbiabids.ionwave.net/Login.aspx. Proposals must be submitted through Council Bluffs’ IonWave system by 4:30 p.m. CDT July 13, 2023.

This RFQ is now closed. A shortlist of firms selected for interviews can be found below.

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