[Consultantservices] RFP posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 9:44 a.m.

[Grace Williams]

 AICP has adopted the following policy:
The AICP Commission requests that entities soliciting planning
consultants follow a two-part RFQ/RFP selection procedure.
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to read a description of such a two-part process in PAS Report 443,
Selecting and Retaining a Planning Consultant: RFPs, RFQs, Contracts,
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Request for Proposals - Consultant Services  


Comprehensive Plan Update
The City of Raleigh, North Carolina
Submittal Deadline: February 23, 2007

PROJECT SUMMARY

Introduction
The City of Raleigh requests proposals from qualified consultants to
assist the Department of City Planning (DCP) and an Interagency Working
Group in preparing a new Comprehensive Plan for the City. A capital city
with a population of about 360,000, Raleigh is the largest municipality
in a complex and rapidly growing region famous for the Research Triangle
Park and its wealth of research universities and other institutions of
higher learning. The City's current Comprehensive Plan is nearly 20
years old, and the rapid pace of growth along with the emergence of new
development and planning trends has created the need for a far-reaching
update.

The proposed outline for the new Plan takes the existing plan as a point
of departure, but proposes a new outline with new elements intended to
strengthen the plan as a policy document, make it more user friendly,
eliminate redundancies, and reorient it to address emerging planning
issues including environmental sustainability, transit oriented
development, and healthy communities.

Project Approach
The selected consultant team will work in partnership with the
Department of City Planning and the Interagency Working Group to develop
the plan. It is anticipated that DCP will take the lead with regards to
public outreach with consultant advice and support; that certain routine
elements will be overseen in house by City staff; but that the
consultant team will be responsible for land use and data analysis and
the bulk of the plan narrative, including key elements for which the
City lacks the necessary capacity and expertise, and/or where new
thinking and national best practices are needed. The consultant team
will be responsible for the quality and comprehensiveness of their
written and graphic materials; however, DCP will be responsible for the
final integration, edit and format of the document.

Important Dates

*	RFP available - January 22, 2007 
*	Pre-proposal meeting in Raleigh - February 2, 2007 
*	Deadline for submitting questions - February 9, 2007 
*	Deadline for Proposals - February 23, 2007 
*	Consultant interviews - Week of March 12 - March 16, 2007 
*	Recommendation to Council - March 20, 2007 

Submission Requirements
Bidders are required to submit ten (10) copies of their proposal by
close of business on February 23, 2007. The proposals should be
delivered to:

Department of City Planning
City of Raleigh
One Exchange Plaza, Suite 304
Raleigh, NC 27602-0590
Attn: Comprehensive Plan Update

Procedures
Copies of the full RFP can be obtained by contacting the Deputy Planning
Director, Ken Bowers, AICP, via e-mail at
kenneth.bowers at ci.raleigh.nc.us <mailto:kenneth.bowers at ci.raleigh.nc.us>
. All firms planning to submit a proposal are encouraged to register
with the City by sending an email to the Deputy Planning Director
indicating their intent to respond.

A pre-proposal meeting will be held on February 2, 2007 at 10:30 AM in
the Urban Design Center at 133 Fayetteville Street. The meeting will
include a brief overview of planning issues in Raleigh by City staff,
followed by questions and answers. Attendance is encouraged but not
required, and attendance will not be used as a criterion in the
selection process.

Following the pre-proposal meeting, interested bidders are invited to
submit any written questions they may have. All questions must be
submitted via email, preferably with the words "Comp Plan RFP" in the
subject line, to the Deputy Planning Director. All questions will be
compiled, and a complete list of written questions and answers will be
forwarded to all firms that have attended the pre-proposal meeting
and/or registered with the City.

Responding firms must submit their proposals by close of business on
February 23, 2007. The proposals must conform to the requirements set
forth in this RFP, and must include a cover letter, scope of work,
identification of the roles and responsibilities of all team members, a
statement of qualifications for all team members, references,
identification of any Minority/Woman Business Enterprises (MWBE), and a
schedule and cost estimate.

All proposals received will be reviewed by a selection committee
composed of City Staff and Wake County Planning staff against the
selection criteria set forth in this RFP. A short list will be
developed. Short-listed firms will be invited to interview with the City
during the week spanning the end of February/beginning of March. Based
on the interviews, a final selection will be made.

 

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