Consulting Opportunities

The RTC conducts transportation planning activities and implements some capital projects, consistent with long-range plans and other guiding documents.

Transportation planning efforts, programs, and capital projects require the expertise of many professionals, and RTC employs the services of contractors to accomplish some of these activities.

Qualified vendors able to fulfill the specifications and meet the terms and conditions required are encouraged to submit bids/offers in response to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) and informal bid requests.

All solicitations include details regarding the project, needed services, required qualifications, timeline, and the requirements for successful proposers. It is the proposer’s responsibility to ensure that a bid or proposal is received by the RTC prior to the time and date specified.

Current Contract Opportunities

Call Box Maintenance and Improvements – Request for Proposals
The RTC Service Authority for Freeways and Emergencies is soliciting proposals for a contractor to provide maintenance and improvements to the call boxes in Santa Cruz County for a 5 year period. Please view the Request for Proposals dated March 22, 2012. Inquiries relating to this RFP shall be submitted to: Ginger Dykaar, Transportation Planner, 1523 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz , CA 95060, (831) 460-3200, gdykaar@sccrtc.org and should include “Call Box Maintenance” in the subject header. Proposals are due no later than 5:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time, Monday, June 4, 2012.

Updated Information (as of 05/02/2012)

Recent Contract Opportunities

Rail Service Operator – Request for Proposals
(submittal period has ended. Proposal are under review.)
The RTC is seeking proposals for operation of freight and recreational passenger rail service on the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line. Interested rail service operators must submit one (1) unbound reproducible original and six (6) paper copies, as well as one electronic (PDF or Word/Excel) version of their proposal no later than 5:00 pm, Pacific Daylight Savings Time, Friday, April 6, 2012. A pre-proposal conference was held at the RTC office on Wednesday, March 14, 2012.

UPDATED INFORMATION (as of 03/28/2012)

  • Questions from prospective proposers along with responses were updated on 03/28/2012
  • Inspections of the rail line and other due diligence information is available here
  • The released request for proposal states that proposals are due on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 5:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time. The due date for proposals has been extended and proposals are now due on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 5:00 pm Pacific Daylight Savings Time.

On-board Transit Ridership Survey

  • Award date: March 2, 2012
  • Contract Manager: Grace Blakeslee
  • Awarded to: Moore & Associates, Valencia, CA

Transportation Funding Poll

  • Award date: March 1, 2012
  • Contract Manager: Rachel Moriconi
  • Awarded to: Godbe Research, San Mateo, CA

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Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE)

The RTC encourages the participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) in its contracts. The RTC affirms the utilization and participation of qualified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Underutilized Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (UDBE) firms in its contracting and procurement activities for federally-funded contracts. The RTC encourages general and prime contractors to afford competitive subcontracting opportunities to DBE and UDBE firms, where possible, in their contracting and procurement activities within the County of Santa Cruz. Find out more about becoming a designated DBE by the State of California or finding a DBE to subcontract.

RTC Contact

Yesenia Parra
Administrative Services Officer
460-3200