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SACOG is seeking qualified firms to provide technical assistance focused on accelerating the development and construction of a trail network. This assistance will be available to agencies implementing or planning trail projects, as outlined in the regional trail implementation strategy. Technical assistance can include grant application preparation, cost estimates, high-level design support, project ideation, community engagement strategy development, and planning concept development. Firms should demonstrate experience with trail infrastructure implementation, understanding of multi-agency regulatory complexities, and strong technical assistance skills including grant writing, active transportation planning and design, and community engagement planning. Experience with work in disinvested communities is also required. The ideal team will have a multidisciplinary approach and broad knowledge in active transportation planning and implementation, trail planning/design/implementation challenges and opportunities, prioritization methodologies, and technical assistance. A non-mandatory preproposal meeting will be held on May 27, 2026. The deadline for question submission is June 8, 2026, with responses due by June 22, 2026. Proposals are due by July 10, 2026.
The proposal submission deadline is July 10, 2026, 5:00 PM.
Interested firms should be able to demonstrate experience with: implementation of trail infrastructure, including planning, design, or construction; a strong understanding of the complexities associated with implementation that involves multiple regulatory agencies, tribes, railroad constraints, landowners, and jurisdictional boundaries; and strong and demonstrated technical assistance skills including successful grant writing, active transportation facility planning and design, and community engagement planning and strategizing. Consultants should demonstrate examples of work done in disinvested communities and the results that may have come from developing implementation strategies or any of the technical assistance examples listed above. The ideal team will demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach, have broad depth of knowledge in active transportation planning and implementation strategies, understanding of the challenges and opportunities of trails planning, design, and implementation, an understanding of prioritization methodologies, and a strong background in technical assistance.
The question submission deadline is June 8, 2026, 5:00 PM.