RFP - Inner Loop North Transformation Project

This project includes design and preparation of a Project Scoping Report and engineering reports, inclusive of topographic and right-of-way survey and mapping and traffic and environmental studies, for the transformation of the remaining segment of the Inner Loop Expressway into an accessible and multi-modal boulevard within a restored urban street grid. Design services are anticipated to be state-funded and construction and RPR are anticipated to be federally-funded. This RFP is for preliminary design services only. Coordination will be required with land use planning for the former expressway, as well as with several other planned projects surrounding the project area. More information is available at the project website: www.innerloopnorth.com .

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Communications

All communications by parties who have an intent to submit or have submitted a proposal in response to this RFP (“Respondents”), including any questions or requests for clarifications, submission of the proposal, requests for status updates about the proposal selection process and any other inquiries whatsoever concerning this RFP shall be sent, in writing, to the following City contact(s):

Primary Contact:

David Riley, Project Manager
david.riley@cityofrochester.gov
585-428-6978

Secondary Contact:

Dominic Fekete, P.E., Manager of Street Design
dominic.fekete@cityofrochester.gov
585-428-6767

No contact is permitted with any other City staff member with regard to this RFP during the RFP process unless specifically authorized in writing. Prohibited contact may be grounds for disqualification.

To ensure that all Respondents have a clear understanding of the scope and requirements of this RFP, the City contact(s) will respond to all timely questions submitted via e-mail to respondents who have provided an e-mail address by the question deadline stated in the RFP and post to the City website for this RFP. The City’s failure to timely respond or provide responses to any questions shall not delay or invalidate the City’s right to make a decision to award an agreement pursuant to this RFP.

The City will make every reasonable effort to keep Respondents informed about the RFP process. Notifications about timeline date changes, amendments to the RFP and other information about the RFP will be sent by e-mail to Respondents and will be posted on the City’s website for this RFP. The City’s failure to provide such information shall not delay or invalidate the City’s right to make a decision to award an agreement pursuant to this RFP.

Pre-Proposal Meeting

In order to provide the City with an opportunity to discuss the RFP and Respondents with an opportunity to ask questions and clarify the RFP, a hybrid pre-proposal meeting will be held as follows. Respondents may participate in person or remotely.

Date: January 31, 2023
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Prayer House Church of God by Faith, 270 Cumberland St., Rochester, NY 14605

To participate remotely:
Zoom link: https://cityofrochester.zoom.us/j/82982119103
Meeting ID: 829 8211 9103
Dial-in only: (646) 558-8656 (New York), (888) 548 0276 (Toll-free)

Submission Delivery Information

Seven (7) proposal hard-copies and one (1) electronic proposal (preferably via USB storage drive) are to be submitted no later than February 24, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. to:

Holly E. Barrett, P.E., City Engineer
City of Rochester, Department of Environmental Services
Bureau of Architecture & Engineering
City Hall, 30 Church Street, Room 300B
Rochester, New York 14614