1.0 Overview The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (“HART”) is a semi-autonomous agency of the City and County of Honolulu (“City”), created pursuant to an amendment to the Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu 1973 (“RCH”) to develop, operate, and maintain the Honolulu Rail Transit Project (“HRTP”). The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) is seeking a professional consultant to provide project-wide, professional design review and design services, planning and environmental support, scheduling and estimating support, and configuration management support for the HRTP. The successful firm must be licensed to do business in the State of Hawai‘i at the time of submission of the Statement of Qualifications to this Notice. Design services must be performed by a person licensed in Hawaii. HART is receiving funding assistance from the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and must comply with the applicable statutory, regulatory, and administrative requirements including FTA third-party contracting requirements. The successful firm shall also comply with the applicable federal requirements. 1.1 HRTP Description The HRTP is an approximate 18.75-mile grade-separated, automated fixed rail system from East Kapolei in the west to the Civic Center Station, located east of downtown Honolulu, in the east. The HRTP includes 19 stations, 80 light-metro fully automated (driverless) rail vehicles, a maintenance and storage facility (MSF) on a 44-acre parcel near Leeward Community College, and three park-and-ride facilities. The mission of the HRTP is to provide fast, reliable public transportation services in rapidly developing areas with diverse populations. The HRTP is the largest infrastructure project in the history of the State of Hawaii and will be the first fully automated commuter rail system in the nation.
