EZ-Rider hereby announces its fiscal year 2012 - 2014 goal of 4 % for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) bidding opportunities.  The proposed goals and rationale is available for inspection between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at the EZ-Rider Office located at: 8007 E. Hwy 80, Odessa, Texas for 30 days from the date of this publication. 

Comments on the DBE goal will be accepted for 45 days from the date of this publication and can be sent to the following: 

EZ-Rider Office

DBE Liaison Officer

8007 E. Hwy 80

Odessa,TX 79765

U.S.Department of Transportation

External Civil Rights Programs Division (S-33)

1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E.

Washington,DC 20590

DRAPER PARKING FACILITY

DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT 

The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) is requesting proposals from responsive, responsible Design-Build (DB) firms to design and construct a parking structure, including facilities for bus transfers and associated transit uses (the “Project”). The Project will be located adjacent to UTA’s FrontRunner South commuter rail project (the “Rail Project”) in Draper, Utah. 

All correspondence, questions of any kind, clarifications, and requests for procurement package concerning this RFP, contained on a CD, shall be directed in writing to Grants and Contracts Administrator, Mr. Gregg Larsen, UTA, 669 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah  84101. Email: glarsen@rideuta.com. Mr. Larsen is the only authorized contact during the procurement phase. 

The work and the product of the work performed under the DB Contract must be consistent with the Project goals listed below: 

• Focus on safety as the highest priority – safety of the work and ongoing UTA operations during the Project, and providing a safe finished product to UTA at the completion of the Project.
• High quality work with consistent conformance to criteria and specifications.
• Cost effective project with a “bare bones, no frills” approach to a functional design.
• Coordination with ongoing construction on adjacent properties, including both the Rail Project to the east, and the private development to the north, west, and south.
• UTA prefers the Project be completed and open for UTA patrons on or before December 10, 2012, but if the Project is not fully complete; at least 300 stalls must be available on December 10, 2012, in a temporary parking lot. 

Local funding will be used for this project. 

Sealed proposals marked “Draper Parking Facility DB Project - QUALITY PROPOSAL” must be sent with one (1) original, six (6) copies, seven (7) total and one (1) electronic copy. Also, a price proposal in a separate sealed envelope marked "Draper Parking Facility DB Project - PRICE PROPOSAL”; must be sent with one (1) original and one (1) copy, two (2) total.  Proposals are due no later than 2pm MDT Wednesday, May 23, 2012, delivered to: UTA, Attn: Gregg Larsen, 669 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101. Any proposal received thereafter shall be considered non-responsive. It is the responsibility of the proposer to see that its proposal is received by the designated person at the time and place specified. The proposals received shall be opened and evaluated by a selection committee in a private meeting.   

Issuance of this procurement package does not commit UTA to award any contract, to pay any costs incurred in preparation of a response, or to procure or contract for services or supplies.  UTA reserves the right to waive any minor irregularities and informalities, to reject any and all proposals for sound business reasons, to re-advertise and to make contract awards in the best interest of UTA, including making award based upon original proposals without further negotiation, or to request further information from proposers, or to conduct presentations and/or interviews with proposers. 

The contractor selected shall be required to comply with all applicable equal employment laws and regulations. UTA will not discriminate against any interested firm or persons on the basis of race, color, sex, age or national origin in the review of qualifications or contract award. 

RFP UT12-004GL                                            Gregg Larsen, Grants & Contracts Administrator