ADA Transition Plan Project No. 25-10

Agency:	Town of North Heaven
State:	Connecticut
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	541330 - Engineering Services 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
Posted Date:	Nov 19, 2024
Due Date:	Dec 20, 2024
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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN,

CONNECTICUT

ADA TRANSITION PLAN

AND SELF EVALUATION

FOR ALL TOWN-OWNED

RIGHTS-OF-WAY

Project #25-10

NOVEMBER 2024

FINANCE

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN

Qualifications Statements from qualified consultants for – ADA Transition Plan and Self

Evaluation for Town-Owned Rights-of-Way (Project No.: 25-10), will be received at the Finance

Office, Memorial Town Hall, 18 Church Street, North Haven, Connecticut, until December 20,

2024 at 10:00 am. Details on this Request for Qualifications may be obtained from the Town’s

web site. After submissions are received the Director of Administration/Procurement may analyze

whether vendors have submitted comparable proposals and meet the requirements called for. In

reviewing the submissions, the Director of Administration/Procurement may consider the past

performance, financial responsibility, and sales and service experience of the vendors. The

Director of Administration/Procurement reserves the right to reject any or all submissions, to waive

any defects in same, or to choose to make purchases other than strictly in accordance with price

considerations, if it be deemed in the best interest of the Town of North Haven. Bidders are

advised hereby of the existence of an Ordinance concerning Bid Preference for Town-Based

Businesses.

Richard Monico

Director of Administration/Procurement

1.0 OBJECTIVE

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed on July 26, 1990 as Public Law 101-336 (42 U.S.C

Sec. 12101 et seq) became effective on January 26, 1992. The current text of the ADA includes changes

made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-325), which became effective on January 1, 2009.

The fundamental goal of the ADA is to ensure equal access to civic life by people with disabilities. The Act

prohibits discrimination against disabled persons within the United States. Title II of the ADA requires

State and Local Governments to make their programs, services and activities accessible to those with

disabilities.

The US Access Board published the Public Right-of Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG). FHWA states

that PROWAG is a recommended best practice and can be considered the state of the practice that could

be followed for area not fully addressed by the present ADA standards.

The Town of North Haven is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to develop an ADA Transition Plan

within Town rights-of-way in accordance with all applicable laws and guidelines.

2.0 BACKGROUND

The Town of North Haven is located in Central New Haven County, Connecticut. The Town includes

roughly 129 miles of municipal roads, and approximately 77 miles of sidewalks. North Haven is a

moderate sized suburb to New Haven, and includes a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial uses.

In addition to sidewalks, the Town also manages numerous signalized intersections, including pedestrian

crossings.

3.0 SCOPE OF WORK

The selected consultant will develop an ADA Transition Plan and Self Evaluation for all Town-Owned rights-

of-way within the Town of North Haven. The purpose of the plan is to identify deficiencies in Town

policies, procedures, and physical assets, and to provide a path to correction of the deficiencies. The

successful consultant team will adhere to the guidance in the Americans with Disabilities Act, and State

requirements.

Though not intended to be an all-inclusive list, the following sequence of work is anticipated:

• Review current federal standards and evaluate Town policies and procedures relative to ADA

federal requirements.

• Review existing Town facilities’, and identify, plan, and conduct additional survey work as needed

to augment existing data. Document data, analysis, and findings of the combined self-evaluation

survey of Town’s rights-of-way.

• Support the Town in establishment and activities of an ADA Advisory Committee, ADA

Coordinator, and Department Liaisons.

• Conduct, with support from the Town, outreach to and engagement of key stakeholders to

support analysis, strategizing, prioritizing, and review of the process and draft/final Transition

Plan.

• Prepare an ADA Transition Plan to meet federal and State requirements and local needs. The Plan

shall include a financially constrained implementation strategy and monitoring/reporting process.

4.0 CONTRACT TIMEFRAME

The consultant contract to prepare the transition plan shall be completed within twelve (12) months of

contract signing.

5.0 CONSULTANT SELECTION PROCESS

It is the Town’s intent to select a consultant based on the proposal, interview, and qualifications and

abilities of the firm/team and key project individuals. Proposers may be individual firms or teams as

appropriate to meet the specific needs of the project.

Proposers are solely responsible for all costs incurred in the development and submission of the response

statement to this RFQ or any other presentations whether in response to this RFQ or to any subsequent

requirements of the consultant selection and contract negotiation process. All materials submitted in the

response to this RFQ become the property of the Town.

To be considered responsive to this RFQ the Consultant must follow the directions presented in this

solicitation and include the information required.

5.01 PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL AND GENERAL GUIDELINES

Six (6) copies of the submittal packages shall be submitted no later than 2:00 PM on December

20, 2024 to the following:

Richard Monico

Director of Administration and Procurement

Town of North Haven

Memorial Town Hall

18 Church Street

North Haven, CT 06473.

Proposals received after the response deadline will not be considered.

5.02 PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL CONTENT

The Proposal submittal package shall include a cover letter. The cover letter is limited to two

pages and shall include:

• The firm/consultant name and a contact person with name, title, mailing address, e-mail

address, and phone number.

• Name, title, and contact information of the proposed Project Manager (if different from

the contact person)

The proposal is limited to twenty (20) 8½”x11” sheets and shall be inclusive of any resumes/bios,

photos, graphics, etc. The cover letter will not be included in the 20-page count.

5.03 TOWN PROJECT MANAGER

Work performed under the resulting agreement shall be under the direction of the Town’s project

manager. Please direct questions and inquiries regarding the request for proposals to the project

manager:

J. Andrew Bevilacqua, P.E.

Town Engineer

Town of North Haven

Town Hall Annex

5 Linsley Street

North Haven, CT 06473

bevilacqua.andrew@northhaven-ct.us

5.04 ACCEPTANCE/REJECTION OF RESPONSES

The Town reserves the right and holds at its discretion the following rights and options:

• to waive any or all informalities in any RFQ

• to reject any or all responses

• to issue subsequent requests

This RFQ solicitation does not commit the Town of North Haven to enter into a contract or

proceed with the procurement of the project. The Town of North Haven assumes no obligations,

responsibilities, and liabilities, fiscal or otherwise, to reimburse all or part of the costs incurred by

the parties responding to this RFQ. All such costs shall be borne by each consultant submitting a

response.

5.05 ADDENDUMS TO THE RFQ

Any revisions, updates, or clarifications of the RFQ will be posted on the Town of North Haven’s

webpage at: https://www.town.north-haven.ct.us/business/bids_and_proposals.php

6.0 EVALUATION PROCESS

A team of Town staff will evaluate the Proposals, and conduct interviews according to the consultant

evaluation criteria and the three-part process described below:

Part 1

Evaluation of the written Proposal package submitted by each Proposer, resulting in a short-listing

of Proposers who will be invited to an interview. Proposers will be notified if they have been

selected for an interview or not.

Part 2

Interviews will be conducted, and Proposers will be evaluated on the interview in addition to the

Proposal for a combined final score.

This page summarizes the opportunity, including an overview and a preview of the attached documents.

Description	Opening Date	Closing Date
ADA Transition Plan Project No. 25-10	November 19, 2024 :	December 20, 2024 10:00 AM

ADA Transition Plan Project No. 25-10

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