Renovation of a communication facility in Buffalo, New York. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a communication facility.

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) owner and operator of the NFTA-Metro, invites interested Consultants to submit a technical proposal that have the requisite, demonstrable competence, and experience in architectural, engineering, and other professional services for the design, construction monitoring, and design support services during construction for this project entitled "LRRT - Fiber Cable and Lighting Upgrade". Qualified firms both singly or in teams must have the requisite, demonstrated competence and experience in and a thorough knowledge of the required architectural and engineering services required for the project. The project work requires full architectural and engineering services including, but not limited to, survey, telecommunications, design of fiber optic cable and lighting infrastructure for rail, utility design and coordination (power, communications, internet), electrical (power distribution, communications including video surveillance), and fire protection. Qualified firms may be required to demonstrate experience and a plan to implement specialized software for real-time design, construction administration, and inspection of the project. Proposers must demonstrate their qualifications to execute projects that include the Scope of Work Elements outlined in Attachment B, Section II, and the Tasks outlined in Attachment B, Sections IV, V, and VI. This project shall Develop the designs for the installation of fiber optic cables and all the infrastructure elements needed to support the functioning of the tunnel lighting and the fiber optic cable network using the NFTA-LRRT alignment and terminate fiber in each station's Train Control - Communication (TCC) and/or Main Distribution Frame (MDF). The Consultant shall perform not less than 50% of the work with its own forces. The time of completion for the project is 217 calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed. The established MBE, WBE and SDVOB goals are 10.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0% respectively. Location: Various Stations of the LRRT System The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.