The Mid-America Regional Council’s (MARC) Planning Sustainable Places (PSP) Program provides local governments with financial support to advance detailed local planning and project development activities in support of Creating Sustainable Places, Transportation Outlook 2040’s Activity Centers and Corridors framework, and the Mid-America Regional Council’s adopted policy statement on regional land use direction. The PSP Program will seek consulting services to complete twelve Planning Sustainable Places projects. The first five RFPs are released via this announcement. The remaining seven RFPs will be posted in subsequent releases. A tentative schedule can be found with the RFP documents.

Please visit the link to MARC's RFP page, noted as the contact link, to view each specific project request for more information. A Question and Answer page regarding the projects will be provided to disseminate all received questions and will be posted by end of business on October 19, 2018.

RFP – Independence, Mo. – Truman Connect

RFP – Kansas City, Mo. – 63rd Street Corridor Project Development

RFP – Kansas City, Mo. – Linwood Corridor Complete Street & Bikeway Connections

RFP – Kansas City, Mo./Hispanic Economic Development Corporation - West 31st Street Corridor – SW Boulevard to SW Trafficway

RFP – North Kansas City, Mo. – North Kansas City Bike Master Plan

A pre-bid workshop will be offered on Monday, October 8, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. in the MARC Board Room, in the MARC offices at:

600 Broadway, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64105

For those unable to attend in person, the pre-bid workshop will be provided via GoToMeeting. Details for the webinar can be found in the RFP document. Additionally the webinar will be recorded and posted to the RFP website.

All five RFPs will be due no later than 3 p.m. CST on Friday, November 2, 2018.