NS27-121 Wasatch Front Regional Council - Planning & Model Development Consultant Pool

Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) and Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG) are jointly seeking Statements of Qualifications from eligible consultants to form a prequalified pool of consultants to provide planning and technical assistance to local government projects.

The administration of procurement through a Consultant Pool reduces the time it takes to procure consultants for each individual project. A variety of consultant expertise is needed to address a wide range of land use and transportation planning related projects.

Procurement of projects for the following three programs will be formally tied to the Consultant Pool:

• Transportation and Land Use Connection Program (WFRC)
• Station Area Planning Technical Assistance (WFRC and MAG)
• Technical Planning Assistance Program (MAG)

WFRC and MAG may utilize the Consultant Pool for other planning support needs beyond these three programs.

Consultants are required to submit qualifications for at least one of the following project categories, and are invited to submit qualifications for up to all project categories for which they feel qualified. [...] The Consultant Review Team will then evaluate the Consultant for each category separately.

Planning Technical Assistance

1. General Plans
2. Active Transportation Plans
3. Small/Station Area Plans
4. Parks, Recreation, Open Space Plans
5. Transportation Corridor & Master Plans, Parking Studies
6. Market Analysis, Economic Development Plans
7. Zoning and Design Ordinance Writing

Model Development Project Categories

1. Travel Demand Model: May include model development, estimation/calibration, technical review, data development, visualization tools, forecast preparation.
2. Real Estate Market Model: May include model development, estimation/calibration, technical review, data development, visualization tools, forecast preparation.

Projects under $100,000 may be selected directly from the Consultant Pool or through competitive consultant procurement. Awarded planning technical assistance projects with total budgets over $100,000 undergo a streamlined competitive consultant procurement process utilizing the Consultant Pool.

Send or deliver an electronic PDF file of the SOQ via email or file transfer to Andrea Pearson, Wasatch Front Regional Council at the address below no later than **12:00 PM on November 19, 2026**. Label by firm and year, i.e. “FIRMNAME_2027_SOQ”.

This is a qualification and evaluation-based selection process. [...] Under this process, cost is not a factor in the evaluation and ranking of consultant submissions.

Selection criteria per each category:

• Skills (**50 Points**)
• Relevant Projects (**40 Points**)
• Project Management Experience (**10 Points**)

Consultants must meet a minimum composite score of **70 points** out of 100, and no fewer than 70% of the points for each of the three categories, in order to be admitted into the 2026-2028 Consultant Pool for that category.

*Certificate of Liability Insurance* must be attached, and does not count toward the page limit.

The Consultant Pool will completely refresh at the end of 2028. [...] to retain pool standing, consultants must submit an electronic Requalification Certification Form (RCF) every 18 months.