City Of Rochester Announces RFP For Aqueduct Reimagined And Riverfront Promenades

Press release from the City of Rochester:

July 27, 2021

The intent of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to enable the City of Rochester to solicit information to evaluate the capabilities, creativity, and capacity of engineering firms that have relevant expertise in structural engineering / bridge design, historic preservation, landscape architecture / public space design, multi-modal street design, multi-use trail planning, and architectural design to provide consulting design services for this project.

The result of this RFP will be a short list of qualified firms for which interviews will be conducted for final consultant selection.

Location Map:

Pre-Proposal Meeting:

A pre-proposal meeting for interested consultants will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 via Zoom. To register in advance for this meeting, please visit: https://cityofrochester.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkcuutqDwpHtIP31NgZ-ljyNPcoovhferK.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Pending interest and weather conditions, a site visit may follow the Zoom meeting at 1:30pm on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.

Submission Delivery Information:

One (1) electronic proposal and six (6) hard-copies of qualifications are to be submitted no later than:

Monday, August 23, 2021 at 4:00 PM to:

Holly E. Barrett, P.E.

City Engineer

City of Rochester

Department of Environmental Services

Bureau of Architecture and Engineering

City Hall, 30 Church Street, Room 300B

Rochester, New York 14614

Communications:

All communications by parties who have indicated an intent to submit or have submitted qualifications in response to this RFP (“Respondents”), including any questions or requests for clarifications, submission of the qualifications, requests for status updates about the selection process and any other inquiries whatsoever concerning this RFP shall be sent, in writing, to the following City staff person(s) at the above address or at the email addresses shown below:

Kamal L. Crues, P.E., Assistant City Engineer / Project Manager: Kamal.Crues@CityofRochester.gov OR:

Holly E. Barrett, P.E., City Engineer: Holly.Barrett@CityofRochester.gov

Project and Background Documents:

• NYSDOT Initial Project Proposal (IPP)
• SHPO Letter (January 2009)
• Aqueduct Master Plan (May 2009)
• Traffic Planning Study (October 2010)
• Aqueduct Master Plan Addendum (April 2011)
• Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement

This press release was produced by the City of Rochester. The views expressed here are the author’s own.