N-CATT Request for Quotations: On-Call Transit Technologist

The Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) is soliciting bids from consultants in support of the Federal Transit Administration-funded National Center for Applied Transit Technology (N-CATT) in supporting staff as an on-call transit technologist. The Technologist will support N-CATT staff in providing technical assistance and in updating/maintaining resources on its Tech University page.

The selected consultant(s) will work closely with N-CATT staff on this project.

Interested consultants should read the attached RFQ and submit quotes in the format outlined under Bid Requirements.

This opportunity is open to all:

• Who are able to receive federal funding and are not excluded or affiliated with an excluded organization from receiving federal dollars;
• American organizations ( E.O. 14005  Made in all America, by all of American’s workers);
• Small and minority business; women owned small business and labor surplus firms.

Any questions should be sent to carpenter@ctaa.org, and they will be answered on this webpage.

Please submit your bid as one PDF document to Andrew Carpenter at carpenter@ctaa.org by 11:59pm Eastern on October 21, 2024.

Read the full RFQ here

Q&A

Questions and answers will be posted here as they come in, up until the deadline.

• Q: Does developing a work plan for Tech University Resources preclude that consultant from also winning an award to update those resources in a later contract?
  A: No; future contracts to update resources will be evaluated separately. However, consultants should build their response with the assumption that they will also update the resources they identify by the end of March 31, 2025 so that they provide the updates they suggest. This could mean fewer but better updates.
• Q: What is the budget for this project?
  A: Consultants should provide the price for which they are prepared to perform this work. For Task 1, that can be built around the maximum number of hours stated.
• Q: What is the expected amount of work for Task 2?
  A: Consultants should indicate the amount of work they expect they can complete by March 31, 2025. This can be number of resources, an indication of in-depth updates to a few resources, or another format that shows the value-add this will provide.