The successful firm would be responsible for providing all services necessary to acquire right of way, permanent easements, and temporary easements related to the construction, operation, and maintenance of Chapel Hill Transit’s planned North-South Bus Rapid Transit (“NSBRT”) service, conforming with the schedule below. Acquisition standards and processes must comply with all relevant local, state, and federal requirements including all applicable US Department of Transportation (US DOT) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant agreement requirements, Code of Federal Regulations Title 49, Part 24, Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs (“Uniform Act”) requirements, and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) acquisition processes, including NCDOT’s Uniform Appraisal Standards and General Legal Principles for Highway Right of Way Acquisitions. A preliminary schedule of acquisitions is attached to this notice as Attachment 1.
