This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is issued by the Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority (StanRTA) to solicit proposals from qualified consultants to provide professional architectural and engineering services through a competitive selection process. The Consultant shall furnish all labor, materials, tools, equipment, supplies, services, tasks, incidental and customary work necessary to perform the services competently. StanRTA recently completed a facilities master plan for a headquarters facility, the Operations & Maintenance Facility (OMF), designed to support its growing fleet, incorporate zero-emission technologies, and provide adequate administrative, operations, and maintenance capacity to meet long-term service goals. The Master Plan, captured in a Basis of Design Report document, along with site renderings, an ALTA survey, and project details are, included as Exhibit I along with a programmatic high-level conceptual cost estimate. StanRTA expects to close escrow on a 28.61-acre site at 3807 Crows Landing Road in early December. The site occupies the northwest corner of Service and Crows Landing Roads. The site is undeveloped, but for an unoccupied single-family dwelling. The site is part of the City of Ceres’ West Landing Specific Plan and will require off-site street development along two sides – the proposed “B Street” and Service Road. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a Categorical Exemption (CE) for the site acquisition, and a CEQA Notice of Exemption (NOE) was posted and filed with Stanislaus County without protest. A request for administrative approval of the project, which includes CEQA documentation, will be submitted to the City of Ceres in November. The NEPA project application, seeking CE project approval, will also be filed at that time.
