5/9/2025: The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has released a new Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to procure one contract for Right-of-Way Engineering and Survey Support Services (Merced to Bakersfield ROWE II). This procurement will result in a contract with a scope of work that provides personnel and expertise to prepare Right-of-Way (ROW) appraisal maps, legal descriptions, land surveying, staking, monumentation, record maps, exhibits to support ROW acquisition and or Resolution of Necessity (RON) packages, and other required services. The geographic scope for the services will be located in the 171-mile Merced to Bakersfield segment in the Central Valley. The resulting contract will have a duration up to 4 years and not-to-exceed amount of $10 million. The anticipated schedule for this procurement is as follows: RFQ Release: May 9, 2025 (ROWE II) Virtual Pre-Bid Conference and Small Business Workshop: May 16, 2025 (ROWE II) Statements of Qualifications Due Date: August 5, 2025 (ROWE II) Notice of Proposed Award: September 2025 (ROWE II) Contract Execution and Notice to Proceed: October 2025 (ROWE II) Virtual Pre-Bid conference Register here: https://hsr-ca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bZsBg4H3Qw6vNt-5rgk_vw Questions regarding this procurement should be submitted to Gordon Miyauchi (ROWE II) at
[email protected] or (916) 324-1541
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