This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Wheeling, West Virginia. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The Bel-O-Mar Regional Council is soliciting Statements of Qualifications from professional consulting firms to conduct a Comprehensive Operations Analysis (COA) for the Belomar Regional Transit System, operated by the Ohio Valley and Eastern Ohio Regional Transit Authority (OV/EORTA). This initiative is funded through WV and OH suballocated Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funds, congressionally apportioned for project selection to the Belomar Policy Board. The selected consultant will: Collaborate with Belomar and OV/EORTA to develop a cost per passenger mile analysis of existing transit services. Evaluate current operations and identify opportunities for more streamlined and costeffective service delivery, with particular attention to labor cost savings. Propose new routes, service areas, and innovative models for delivering efficient transit service (e.g., microtransit, demand-response, hybrid fixed-flex models). Evaluate the feasibility of vanpooling and carpooling services administered through the agency. Analyze and incorporate findings from the recently completed Belomar Multimodal Study as they relate to transit operations. Assess ridership trends, fleet utilization, and operational efficiency. Develop performance metrics and visualizations (e.g., route maps, service coverage, costefficiency charts). Engage stakeholders including riders, drivers, local governments, the public, and community organizations throughout the planning process. This planning-only project will not result in construction or physical infrastructure improvements. The final deliverables will be the comprehensive planning document and all original data and documents therein. The anticipated period of performance is 12 months, with the final plan publicly available by January 30, 2027. Firms will be evaluated competitively based on qualifications including the quality and length of credentials and certifications held, background and experience, approach to planning and analysis, professionalism and communication, capacity to perform work and meet deadlines, quality of past work and references, ability to meet compliance requirements, the firm's interest in the subject, and the quality of the submission. After selecting the most qualified firm, the selected firm must be prepared to submit their fee based on job type, direct hourly fee, indirect/overhead hourly fee, and profit hourly fee associated with each work task, if applicable. The top-ranked firm will then be invited to negotiate a scope of services and fee. Belomar Regional Council will afford full opportunity for minority business enterprises (MBEs) and women business enterprises (WBEs) to submit statements of qualifications and will not discriminate against any firm or individual based on race, creed, color, sex, age, disability, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or any other protected class in the award of this contract. The Council reserves the right to reject all proposals. The contract award is contingent upon available federal funding under the program and the final approval of the governing body.