All correspondence must be made through the Vendor Portal. Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) intends to hire a firm to perform ProPEL Indy, a transportation planning study of the Interstate System within the I-465 loop in Indianapolis. The ProPEL Indy study will include select areas of I-65 and I-70 within I-465 and access along those corridors. Specifically, the ProPEL Indy study will be carried out according to INDOT's Planning and Environmental Linkage (PEL) process. PEL provides sound and sensible transportation planning and analysis, public involvement, red flag environmental investigations, resource agency coordination, and concepts that document and solve transportation challenges.; The consultant services' contract is for the ProPEL Indy study. Additionally, if assigned, the selected consultant may perform post-PEL NEPA services for projects identified to be expedited by the study and for which services must begin within a year of completion of the ProPEL Indy study. The selected consultant will adapt emerging federal requirements from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) into components of the study. ; Public involvement services include to maintain a project brand provided by the agency, build and maintain stakeholder relationships, public engagement and involvement. The selected consultant shall provide a public outreach tool that will, at a minimum, capture public input, track input and report metrics for categories of comments and engagement. The ProPEL Indy study includes evaluation of access and connectivity with the local transportation network for I-65 and I-70 within the I-465 loop. The study will include the Interstate System interfaces with public transportation, transit and pedestrian facilities. Ultimately the ProPEL Indy study may exclude select areas of the Interstates within the I-465 loop. The work will result in one study with multiple focus areas and multiple outcome dates. The scope of services is expected to be complex with extensive evaluation of all potential impacts, traffic and crash data analysis, traffic simulation and modeling, and planning pertaining to Interstate System and connected local network safety and traffic operations performance. The study is expected to begin in early 2023.
