New York State Contract Reporter #2139435

City of Beacon Bicycle Master Plan Planning Services

The City of Beacon is seeking a planning consultant to create a Bicycle Master Plan that identifies practical ways to improve bicycle connections, safety, and access across the city. - Government buyer: City of Beacon, Department of Public Works; the RFP also identifies City Administrator Benjamin Swanson. - Procurement: Professional planning services for one Bicycle Master Plan; no specific products, part numbers, or commercial vendors are named. - Scope: Review existing plans and transportation, bicycle, sidewalk, and crash data; assess existing and planned routes, trails, paths, network gaps, safety, access, and feasibility; coordinate with City staff and institutional stakeholders. - Plan recommendations: Propose a connected bicycle network and map, suitable facility types, prioritized routes and projects, feasibility considerations, cost and funding considerations, and candidate grant-funded projects. Address micromobility, related education, enforcement, evaluation, or policy measures, and summarize public input. - Engagement and coordination: Include multiple rounds of public and stakeholder engagement and coordinate with relevant state and local agencies. Consider connections to the Beacon-Hopewell Rail Trail and Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail. The plan is focused on bicycling and does not expand to include a pedestrian plan; a City tour is expected at project kickoff, but no mandatory site visit is required. - Qualifications: The initial solicitation describes a New York-licensed planner, architect, or engineer with at least five years of relevant experience and municipal planning qualifications. - Commercial details: The City has not disclosed a project budget. The contract term and overall project duration are not specified; the consultant is to provide a project schedule.

Description

The City of Beacon is requesting proposals from qualified planners to develop a Bicycle Master Plan as a component of a broader pedestrian/bicycle plan. Work includes reviewing existing materials, coordinating with City staff and stakeholders, examining existing and planned routes, analyzing network gaps and safety conditions, and conducting public outreach. The selected planner will prepare draft and final reports with recommendations for a connected bicycle network, facility types, feasibility, project priorities and funding opportunities, and related policies or programs. The proposal deadline is October 28, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.; the City states that it does not share pricing estimates for this competitive process.

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