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Blackhawk Hills Regional Council (BHRC) invites firms to submit proposals to complete a trail wayfinding sign guidebook update for Northwest Illinois and new trail wayfinding sign plans-plan update for selected Northwest Illinois trails. BHRC is Northwest Illinois' regional planning organization and economic development district for Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, and Whiteside counties. BHRC has been awarded funding through the federal State Planning and Research program, administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation, to study and conduct planning concerning active transportation issues - including trails - in Northwest Illinois. To support BHRC's work, firms may to submit their credentials, experience, and proposed approach for completing the project. The general objectives of Northwest Illinois Trail Wayfinding Sign Guidebook Update and New Trail Wayfinding Sign Plans-Plan Update are to update selected existing documents and publish new sign plans. The project should not exceed $51,000. Firms should produce a project scope that involves a level of effort consistent with this cost. Any amount proposed in excess should be accompanied with a detailed explanation of costs and services. There is no pre-proposal meeting, and interviews are not scheduled. However, if BHRC finds it necessary to conduct interviews, BHRC will schedule the interviews between the review/ranking and contract portions of the RFP process and amend the timeline as it sees fit to do so. Question Deadline 10/06/2025 - Last Date to Submit a Response October 13, 2025. Email all inquiries to info@blackhawkhills.com. BHRC will review all inquiries received prior to, and respond to questions as soon as possible, publishing responses to online. If a proposer discovers any errors, omissions, or ambiguities within the RFP document, that proposer should identify and email them to BHRC prior to the RFP submission deadline. November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026. In general, BHRC reserves the right to modify the RFP timeline as necessary. BHRC reserves the right to waive any informality, and/or to reject, at any time and for any reason, proposals received as a result of this RFP. BHRC's intent is to enter into a contract following this process. However, if after reviewing the proposals received BHRC determines that it should not enter into any contract or to enter into a partial or different contract from the contract contemplated by this RFP, BHRC will act in accordance with what BHRC determines at that time to be in its best interest. No proposer or any other party has any entitlement, interest, or right in this decision by BHRC and by submitting a proposal, acknowledges BHRC's right to exercise its discretion in this regard without any right of recourse by the proposer.