Site work and paving for a civil project in San Francisco, California. Completed plans call for site work for a bridge / tunnel; road / highway; and for paving for a road / highway.

As of March 27, 2024, this project has not yet been awarded. The project is expected to be awarded sometime in May. The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for civil and tunnel design and construction services for The Portal. The TJPA is seeking firms with qualifications and expertise in tunnel design and construction and associated heavy civil work in a dense urban setting. The TJPA intends to procure the services through a highly collaborative progressive design-build (PDB) form of contract to advance detailed design and preconstruction and complete design, construction, and testing and commissioning activities. The Portal, also known as the Downtown Rail Extension (DTX) project, will extend Caltrain service from Fourth and King Street to the multimodal Salesforce Transit Center, in the heart of downtown San Francisco and deliver the California High-Speed Rail Authority's future high-speed rail service to the Bay Area. It is a transformational, once-in-a-generation investment that will ultimately connect 11 transit systems. Last Date for Respondents to Submit Requests for Clarification January 10, 2024, 2 p.m. All communication regarding this procurement, including submittals of requests for clarifications and SOQs, must be directed to: Transbay Joint Powers Authority Email: RFP@tjpa.org All communications must begin with the phrase RFQ 23-04 in the subject line. Last Date for Respondents to Submit Requests for Clarification January 10, 2024, 2 p.m. All communication regarding this procurement, including submittals of requests for clarifications and SOQs, must be directed to: Transbay Joint Powers Authority Email: RFP@tjpa.org All communications must begin with the phrase RFQ 23-04 in the subject line Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Goal In 2022, the TJPA Board adopted a program-wide SBE goal of 20.5% for all contracts, regardless of funding sources. The TJPA plans to set an SBE goal for the Civil and Tunnel contract package of 21%. The SBE contract goal will be enforceable, and compliance with the goal or demonstrating good faith efforts to do so will be a condition of contract award. The TJPA accepts SBE certifications from the following: any state's Unified Certification Program, California Department of General Services, or the San Francisco Contract Monitoring Division. 2.3.2 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation In 2022, the TJPA Board adopted an Anticipated DBE Participation Level of 17% in the aggregate for all of the TJPA's FTA-assisted contracts for the period October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2025. The TJPA does not plan to set a DBE goal for the Civil and Tunnel contract; however, Respondents are strongly encouraged to obtain the agency's 17% DBE participation. The TJPA ensures that only DBE firms currently certified in the California Unified Certification Program will participate as DBEs in the TJPA's DBE Program. DBE participation counts towards the SBE goal.