Quality of Life Assessment

VTA seeks proposals (each a "Proposal") from responsive and responsible qualified firms (each a "Proposer") to provide Quality of Life Assessment (QOLA) which will identify what is necessary to support a quality life for Santa Clara County residents and define related transportation actions and metrics VTA can pursue to support quality of life for the project titled below and further described in the Scope of Work (the "Project"): QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT RFP S26065

The Quality of Life Assessment (QOLA) will identify what is necessary to support a quality life for Santa Clara County residents and define actions and metrics VTA can pursue to support quality of life. It will reference the policies, plans, and goals of public agencies, community-based organizations, and local leaders.

The Services to be performed under the Contract consist of furnishing all labor, materials, tools, equipment, services, supervision, and incidentals necessary to complete the Project. The Services are further described in the Scope of Work and the Technical Specifications.

The Quality of Life Assessment (QOLA) will identify what is necessary to support a quality life for Santa Clara County residents and define actions and metrics VTA can pursue to support quality of life. It will reference the policies, plans, and goals of public agencies, community-based organizations, and local leaders. The QOLA will be implemented through VTA's Valley Transportation Plan (VTP). Specifically, the QOLA will establish guiding priorities for VTA's next VTP, and feed into Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Plan Bay Area 2060.

The Study will provide the VTA Board of Directors with information and recommendations for setting agency priorities, in alignment with the forthcoming Strategic Plan.

The QOLA will refer to other VTA planning efforts such as Transit Oriented Community Policy, Market Analysis for Transit, Climate Action Plan, Countywide Bicycle Plan, Pedestrian Access to Transit Plan, VTP, Strategic Plans, etc.

The goal is to have the QOLA completed in time to influence what projects VTA submits to MTC's Plan Bay Area 2060.

Please see Appendix E, Exhibit 11 for SCOPE OF WORK details.

Proposers responding to this Request for Proposals ("RFP") must submit the required Proposal materials no later than **2:00 p.m. Pacific Time on November 20, 2026** to VTA's Procurement Website (https://www.vta.org/business-center).

Proposers must register on VTA's Procurement Website as a condition of proposing. The VTA Procurement Website Page is: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/vta.

If awarded, the base Contract will have a term of one-year and six months.

Proposals must be typed, as concise as possible and must not exceed **20 pages** or include any unnecessary promotional material.

All communications with VTA regarding this RFP must be in writing through VTA's Procurement Website using the "Question & Answer" tab of the project file. VTA will not accept telephone calls.

Insurance requirements are set forth in Exhibit 9, Insurance Requirements, of the Contract. Insurance coverage will be required to be obtained by Successful Proposer only.

The SBE goal for this RFP and Contract is 0% ("Contract Goal").

This Project is locally funded. Federal requirements do not apply to the Contract.

Discussions/oral presentations: Week of January 7 -11, 2027. Anticipated Notice of Recommended Award: February, 2027.