CEQA/NEPA & Preliminary Engineering Consulting Services for Union City Intermodal Station Phase 3 Project

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed Proposals are invited by the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, a joint powers authority, herein referred to as SJRRC, for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) / National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) & Preliminary Engineering (PE) Consulting Services for Union City Intermodal Station Phase 3 Project, all in strict conformance with the “Request for Proposals (RFP) for CEQA/NEPA & PE Consulting Services for Union City Intermodal Station Phase 3 Project”, RFP No. 25-R-12-00 dated April 25, 2024 (hereinafter, including any supplements, amendment, modification, or addendums, referred to as RFP), said RFP being on file in the offices of SJRRC at 949 E. Channel Street, Stockton, California 95202.

Copies of the RFP may be obtained at the offices of SJRRC – Procurement and Contracts Department or an electronic copy can be downloaded from http://www.sjrrc.com/Contract-Opportunities at no charge. SJRRC uses PlanetBids™, a fully automated web-based vendor portal and bid management system. Whether you are a new vendor with SJRRC or an existing vendor, you must register your firm in order to receive contracting notifications, to view contracting opportunities, and to obtain copy of open solicitations. Prospective proposers are solely responsible for maintaining up to date and accurate information.

Proposals must be received on or before 2:00 P.M. Pacific on June 5, 2024. Proposals must be submitted online through the vendor portal. Proposals must be received on or before the due date and time. No Proposal may be withdrawn for a period of 120 days after Proposal due date.

Pre-Proposal Conference: Proposers are strongly encouraged to attend the Pre-Proposal Conference on May 8, 2024, at 9:00 A.M. PDT. Interested parties may participate via teleconference by calling (332) 249-0500 and entering Phone Conference ID: 100 903 211# when prompted or by going to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting and entering Meeting ID: 235 629 949 681 Passcode: tNUKZY.

The Contract to be entered into pursuant to this NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS may be subject to a financial assistance Contract between SJRRC and the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). If this RFP is subject to Federal financial assistance, and for any reason the Federal financial assistance is withdrawn or modified in any way then and in such event SJRRC may, in its sole discretion, withdraw this NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS and/or terminate any Contract entered into in accordance with this RFP.

The successful Proposer, and each of his/her/its subconsultants, shall be required to comply with all local, state, and federal labor laws and regulations.

All Proposers are required to read and completely familiarize themselves with the terms and conditions of the RFP, and to submit all necessary documents as required of Proposer as specified in this RFP.

SJRRC reserves the right to postpone the opening of Proposals, accept or reject any and all Proposals and to waive any informality in any Proposal, all as SJRRC deems to be in its own best interests.

This RFP and any material submitted by a proposer in response to this RFP and opened by SJRRC are subject to public inspection under the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq.). Refer to Section 7 of this RFP for further details.

Dated: April 25, 2024

By: Terry Castellanos, Procurement Specialist San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission