Imperial County Planet bids #RFP 0003-27

Calexico alternate truck-route traffic engineering study

Imperial County is seeking a traffic engineering consultant to identify practical alternate truck routes serving Calexico. - Government buyer: Imperial County Department of Public Works, through the Imperial County Purchasing Department. - Procurement: One traffic engineering study for non-local truck traffic between the Calexico East Port of Entry and west Calexico, with the goal of avoiding residential streets and non-industrial roads. - Routes and context: Evaluate potential routes including Bowker Road, Barbara Worth Road, and Jasper Road; state routes may also be considered. Review relevant plans and permit conditions, including those associated with Conditional Use Permit #23-0027 for the Cal 98 Holdings trucking and warehousing facility. - Study work: Conduct site visits and field data collection; collect traffic counts, including weekday counts on route segments and intersection approaches; and model truck traffic and routing scenarios at corridor and intersection levels. Image-only desktop site analysis is not acceptable. - Evaluation and recommendations: Assess safety, delay, implementation costs, goods movement, community and socioeconomic impacts, and whether county roads can maintain at least Level of Service C. Recommend feasible routes, mitigation measures, and potential roadway, turn-lane, bridge, signage, speed-zone, and intersection-control improvements. - Deliverables and qualifications: Provide a draft memorandum, final report, traffic-count data, and high-level design and construction cost estimates. Work must be directed by a California-licensed Traffic Engineer and comply with applicable California and local engineering and traffic-control requirements. - Named entities: Cal 98 Holdings is identified in the related permit material; no supplier or consultant is named. No OEMs or products are specified.

Description

Imperial County Department of Public Works seeks proposals from qualified, licensed consultants to conduct a traffic study identifying feasible, cost-effective, and timely alternate truck routes between the Calexico East Port of Entry and the west side of Calexico. The study should assess alternate routes that avoid residential areas, evaluate traffic operations and impacts, collect traffic and field data, and review relevant circulation and planning documents. It must also evaluate existing permit conditions and mitigation measures, recommend additional mitigations or infrastructure improvements as appropriate, and include high-level cost estimates. Proposals are due electronically through the County’s PlanetBids portal by December 10, 2026, at 2:00 PM.

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