Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Research Section of the Policy, Planning and Intermodal Development Division (PPAID) of the Vermont Agency of Transportation, hereinafter referred to as VTrans, is seeking Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) to provide research. Research projects may be related to planning, design, construction, management, maintenance and operations of highway, public transportation, and intermodal transportations systems. This RFQ represents the first phase in which the VTrans’ Research Section will complete scoring of the RFQs received based on the evaluation scoring criteria in this RFQ. Based on those scores the Research Section will determine a Qualified Researcher List (QRL). The Qualified Researcher(s) (QR) will be notified, and the list will be uploaded to VTrans’ website. The QRL will be active for two (2) years. After two (2) years there will be another RFQ solicited. To be able to conduct research for VTrans you must be on the QRL which requires resubmittal of your qualifications every (2) two years. The QR will have an opportunity each Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) to conduct research for VTrans through an open and competitive solicitation process which will result in a legally binding Agreement between the awarded QR and VTrans. This phase and accompanying phases are listed in/described further in Appendix A of this RFQ.
