26-D-00036 Franklin Street Action Plan

Agency:	City of Tampa
State:	Florida
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	541330 - Engineering Services 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services
Posted Date:	May 6, 2026
Due Date:	May 18, 2026
Solicitation No:	RFQ-26-D-00036
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CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA – RFQ

RFQ 26-D-00036 Franklin Street Action Plan

Public Announcement in Compliance With Requirements of Section 287.055 Florida Statutes (Consultants’

Competitive Negotiation Act) Applicable Law, Executive Orders, Rules, Regulations, and The City’s Standard

Procedures. Notice of Intent to Award Shall be posted, if at all, on the City’s Website accessible by utilizing

the website link: www.tampagov.net/contract-administration/programs/architectural-engineering-

construction-and-related-rfqs .

The City of Tampa – Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) desires to obtain professional landscape

architect, urban designer, architect or qualified professional and related services for the design of Franklin

Streetscape Improvement Project from E. Jackson Street to E. Scott St in Downtown Tampa and may

include crossing streets for a half block on either side of Franklin as necessary approximately 0.68 miles.

Services will include but may not be limited to public involvement, including virtual workshops or listening

sessions; surveying; comprehensive streetscape; roadway and drainage design; multimodal and pedestrian

design; urban design; signing and pavement markings; traffic analysis; signalization; street lighting,

landscaping and irrigation design; resilient design, such as low impact development, cultural resources and

historic preservation coordination; waste collection strategies, construction cost estimating, preparation of

construction documents for bidding; and post-design services.

Estimated Fee: $600,000.

Reference Drawings and any additional material may be found at: www.tampagov.net/contract-

administration/programs/architectural-engineering-construction-and-related-rfqs and at

https://franklinstreetvision.com .

Questions may be directed to Jim Greiner, P.E., Contract Administration, City of Tampa, (813) 274-8598, or

E-Mail jim.greiner@tampagov.net.

A pre-submission conference will be conducted at 3 PM on May 18, 2026 in the City Council Chambers,

third floor Old City Hall, 315 E. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33602. Attendance is not required.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes,

persons with disabilities needing a reasonable accommodation to participate in this public hearing or

meeting should contact the City of Tampa’s ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours prior to the proceeding. The

ADA Coordinator may be contacted via phone at 813-274-3964, email at TampaADA@tampagov.net, or by

submitting an ADA - Accommodations Request form available online at tampagov.net/ADARequest.

An individual or entity (“Firm”) responding to this RFQ must provide evidence of any required licenses,

certificates, or registrations with its submission or within 10 days thereof in order to be considered. The

City shall own all ideas, documents, plans, and materials developed as a result of this solicitation and Firm

is informed same shall be subject to reuse in accordance with Section 287.055(10), Florida Statutes. Firm (i)

confirms it has read and is familiar with Section 119.071(3), Florida Statutes regarding certain building

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CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA – RFQ

plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, which depict the internal layout and structural elements of a

building, facility, or other structure owned or operated by the City or other agency that are per said section

exempt from Section 119.07(1), Florida Statutes and Section 24(a), Art. I of the Florida Constitution

(“Exempt Plans”) and (ii) agrees Firm shall remain in compliance with same, including maintaining the

exempt status of such Exempt Plans for so long as they are held by Firm or otherwise in its possession.

Pursuant to Section 2-282, City of Tampa Code, during the solicitation period, including any protest or

appeal,

NO CONTACT with City officers or employees is permitted from any proposer, other than as specifically

stated in this solicitation. The City may cancel, withdraw, or modify this RFQ at any time and reserves the

right to reject any or all responses and to waive irregularities, formalities, and informalities as it

determines in the City’s best interest. The City of Tampa will not request documentation of or consider a

bidder’s (proposer’s) social, political, or ideological interests when determining if the bidder (proposer) is a

responsible vendor and will not give preference to a proposer based on the proposer’s social, political, or

ideological interests.

Firms should consider applicable concepts in the City’s Climate Action And Equity Plan as posted at

https://www.tampa.gov/document/climate-action-and-equity-plan-122846 .

In order to apply for 5 “Ban-The-Box” bonus points, a firm must provide the documentation required pursuant

to the “Ban-The-Box” ordinance listed at Ban-The-Box Ordinance,

Firms desiring to provide these services to the City must submit a single electronic file in searchable PDF

format, Smaller than 10MB, that includes the attached RFQ Transmittal Memorandum completed as

appropriate, a Letter of Interest addressed to Brad L, Baird, P.E., Chairman, and referring to this RFQ by

number, together with a Statement of Qualifications and any supplemental material allowing evaluation for

further consideration (short-listing) based upon the following criteria/point system: Successful Comparable

Project Experience, (30 pts); Qualifications, (25 pts); Team Structure, (10 pts); Workload and Availability, (5

pts); Past Performance/Low amount of City Work, (5 pts); Standard Form SF330, (5 pts); “Ban-The-Box”, (5pts);

Planned SLBE Solicitation & Utilization, Form DMI 10, 20, & 50, (15 pts).

The PDF file must be E-Mailed to ContractAdministration@tampagov.net BEFORE 2 P.M., June 4, 2026.

As a courtesy, the City will endeavor to provide an email acknowledgement usually sent within a few days

after submission receipt (submissions received on the day of the deadline may not be acknowledged before

the deadline or at all). It is Firm’s responsibility to confirm its submission (PDF file) has been received.

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

26-D-00036 Franklin Street Action Plan

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