This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Atlanta, Georgia. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) is seeking proposals for consultant services to develop a Regional Transportation Resilience Improvement Plan (TRIP). Any contract award for this study is contingent upon ARC receiving adequate funding for this purpose from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration via its Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Grant program. ARC intends to award the contract to cover work during CY 2025, CY 2026, and CY2027. The project will be completed in a maximum of 18 months. Questions shall be received no later than 1 October 2025 at 4:00 PM ET and should be submitted in writing to Tejas Kotak (tkotak@atlantaregional.org). No other direct contact related to this RFP between prospective consultants and the ARC or proposal review team is permitted. Pertinent information, including questions and responses, from written questions will be posted on the ARC website by 4:00 PM EST on 8 October 2025. The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) is seeking proposals for consultant services to develop a Regional Transportation Resilience Improvement Plan (TRIP). The Scope of Service for the work is attached as Exhibit A and provides detailed information regarding the level of effort required as well as specific tasks to be accomplished. Interested firms should submit a proposal that addresses the factors listed below and the scope of services in Exhibit A. Firms should also provide a detailed breakdown of the proposed budget in the format of Exhibit B and a breakdown by task in the format of Exhibit B-1. Exhibit C, the DBE Utilization Plan, and Exhibit D, Contractor Affidavit and Information, must be included in the proposal documents. Firms or teams of firms (Consultant) must respond to this Request for Proposals (RFP) with printed proposals as well as electronic versions of their proposals in either Microsoft Word or PDF file format. Proposal evaluation will focus initially on the written proposals. A "short list" of firms may be selected from the proposals received for interviews, if needed. The shortlisted firms will be invited to participate in an interview process with the evaluation committee to be scheduled for the week of November 3, 2025. ARC will confirm an interview time with those firms selected for an interview. ARC reserves the right to award this contract based on written proposals without formal interviews. ARC anticipates that a contract will be awarded in December 2025 with all work to be completed by or before 30 June 2027. The successful consultant should be prepared to begin work immediately. ARC reserves the right to award all or part of the available funds for this project. It is the policy of ARC that Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) (49 CFR Part 26) have the maximum opportunity to participate, either as contractors or as subcontractors, in the performance of ARC contracts to the extent practical and consistent with the efficient performance of the contract. ARC's current DBE goal is 16.7%. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.