Item 17 - On -Call Transportation and Traffic Engineering Services

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Schedule & Cost Management: Developing a detailed fee estimate and schedule for the assignment and the continuous monitoring of both throughout the task's duration are essential to meeting the City's schedule and budget needs. Responsiveness and Flexibility: The ability of the consultant's Project Manager to act quickly in mobilizing the appropriate members of the consultant team is critical to meet the City's schedule requirements. A consultant Project Manager must also be able to react and adapt quickly to project and schedule changes once the technical work has begun. Staff Continuity: Retaining the same key staff throughout the life of an on -call contract helps expedite assignments and provide quality service. Our current and previous experience working on an on -call basis has allowed the IBI team to polish these key skills, and we are eager and excited to utilize them once again by offering our continued services to the City. Knowledge The City of Santa Ana is soliciting proposals to provide transportation and traffic engineering consulting services on an as -needed basis for a variety of different services from design, project management, project development, and traffic analysis services. IBI Group highlights our capabilities in the following areas: Systems Engineering IBI Group brings a rightsized Systems Engineering approach to technology solution projects to guide development of our implementation plan and manage design and requirements development. "Right - sized" to us means we scale the application of Systems Engineering principles to meet the needs of the project. For example, because of the size and complexity of the project, for MTC we developed and continue to update a Systems Engineering Management Plan to govern the technical work on the project from initial concepts through system acceptance. We also create leaner applications of the systems engineering approach where we focus on the critical aspects of building logically from a needs assessment and prioritization through to technical requirements (what rather than how). We have worked with clients at all stages of projects ensuring that this approach is followed, not just as a standard, but because we have consistently found great success with it. This not only ensures that our clients meet all Federal requirements tied to Federal funding, but also that their projects receive the benefits of a well -managed implementation. Traffic Feasibility and Striping Plans IBI Group understands the importance of traffic feasibility studies to solid intersection design, including intersection and arterial network analyses. IBI is an expert at using Synchro, SimTraffic, Traffix, and HCS to prepare trip generation forecasts, identify trends from data, and perform HCM and/or ICU LOS and/or VMT analysis as required. Final plans will be produced in AutoCAD and in accordance with the 2012 California Manual of Traffic Control Devices, 2010 Caltrans Standard Specifications and Plans, the City of Irvine Standard Plans and Details. Our transportation engineers and planners have deep experience working within Caltrans and City of Irvine guidelines to prepare feasibility and striping plans. The IBI concept is to create a feedback loop that takes potential engineering and environmental considerations as input and returns traffic operations outcomes. Through an iterative process of alternatives screening and refinement we can work with the City of Irvine to select the most viable preferred alternative. On -Call Traffic Studies The provision of on -call traffic studies requires firms to be available and responsive to assignments issued by the City. IBI Group offers a full complement of locally -based and experienced staff capable of providing services to the City. IBI Group is familiar with the City of Santa Ana guidelines and requirements related to traffic impact and parking studies, having prepared several studies either ON -CALL TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES - RFP NO. 21-125