RFP: Main St. Streetscape III

The City of Rochester Department of Environmental Services Street Design Division is soliciting a Request for Proposals (RFP). Firms must be listed on the current NYSDOT Region 4 Local Design Service Agreement (LDSA) to be eligible to submit on this proposal.

The City seeks to enter into a Professional Services Agreement for the design and preparation of engineering reports and construction contract documents. This is a federally funded street-scape/street improvement project that includes the design and preparation of engineering reports and construction contract documents for improvements to an arterial street in the City’s southwest quadrant.

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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):

Tom Kicior, AICP
thomas.kicior@cityofrochester.gov
585-428-6878

Dominic Fekete, P.E.
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.

A pre-proposal meeting will not be held for this project. Respondents may submit questions or requests for clarification to the City Project Manager in writing or by email no later than Thursday, February 27, 2025, at 1:00 PM.

Five (5) proposal hard-copies and one (1) electronic proposal (via USB storage drive) are to be submitted no later than March 7, 2025 at 4 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

It is anticipated that the design will commence in June 2025. Based on this projection, the schedule is as follows: