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Future Opportunities
The IMPO anticipates the following procurement opportunities to become available in the near future.
Comprehensive Safety Action Plan RFP
The Indianapolis MPO will soon issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for Central Indiana. In order to continue to deliver up-to-date information and advance safety items for the IMPO’s entire planning area the IMPO is pursuing an update and expansion of its existing Safe Streets and Roads for All Safety Action Plan, funded through a USDOT Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Grant.
Anticipated Timeline
The IMPO anticipates issuing this RFP January 27, 2025 with submissions due February 14, 2025. The IMPO anticipates holding a virtual pre-bid meeting on February 7. Pre-registration for the pre-bid meeting is required.
Preliminary Questions and Meetings
For preliminary questions about this RFP or to set up a meeting for more information please contact the IMPO at procurement@indympo.gov.
TIP Project Selection Methodology Update
The Indianapolis MPO will soon issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a TIP Project Selection Methodology Update. The IMPO issues an annual call-for-projects to select projects for IMPO-managed funding. During the call-for-projects local public agencies (typically cities, towns, counties, and transit organizations) choose projects to submit for consideration by the IMPO by completing a data-driven application. The IMPO distributes approximately $65 million annually through this process but typically receives over $200 million in funding requests.
The IMPO’s current project selection criteria were last reviewed with minor adjustments in 2018. The IMPO is now seeking a more significant update to the selection criteria and scoring process. The goal is to better align the IMPO's project selection process with regional performance measures and regional priorities, particularly transportation safety.
The IMPO is seeking professional services to lead and complete a major update to the project selection criteria. The consultant will work for approximately 8-12 months with IMPO staff, IMPO member communities and organizations, and regional planning partners to develop new recommendations for project selection criteria. Any updates will be reviewed and approved by the full MPO Transportation Policy Committee.
Required tasks will include engagement meetings with a steering committee, engagement meetings with topic-specific stakeholders, peer region comparisons, development of objective data-driven project selection methodology options, an outcomes analysis, a guidebook, support to develop automated scoring in MiTIP, and the production of a final document with all relevant information. The proposal should offer selection methods that are fair, data-driven, not overly burdensome for applicants, cost-effective, and clearly advance achieving performance measures, especially safety.
Anticipated Timeline
The IMPO anticipates issuing this RFP January 6, 2025 with submissions due February 7, 2025. The IMPO anticipates holding a virtual pre-bid meeting on January 14. Pre-registration for the pre-bid meeting is required.
Preliminary Questions and Meetings
For preliminary questions about this RFP or to set up a meeting for more information please contact the IMPO at procurement@indympo.gov.
Communications Services
The IMPO will be issuing a request for Small Purchase Quote for Communications Services to hire an agency in Central Indiana to provide communications services with news and media outlets, community leaders, and public information officers within the region. The IMPO anticipates issuing this SPQ December 23, with submissions due January 17, 2025. For questions, please contact the IMPO’s Engagement Specialist, Danielle Frey, at danielle.frey@indympo.gov
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The Indianapolis MPO enjoys partnering with a wide variety of consulting from across the country, each bringing their own perspective, experience, and expertise. Our contract process strictly follows our adopted Procurement Policy & Procedures, but in some cases State and Federal statutes have clear preferences for local and minority-owned firms.
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