On-Call Planning Consulting Services for Airport Development

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Request For Proposal from City of Lawrence - Lawrence, KS

City of Lawrence - Municipal Services Operations has issued request for proposal, solicitation QBS(b)RFP-2600048.

The City of Lawrence is seeking one or more highly qualified consultants or consultant teams to provide on-call planning and consultation services for the Lawrence Regional Airport. The objective of the contract is to provide comprehensive planning services for the Lawrence Regional Airport on behalf of the City of Lawrence. Tasks include but are not limited to environmental assessments, CATEX, UASCE determinations, airport economic impact studies, governing document policy revisions including minimum standards, rules and regulations, and ground development policies, DBE/ACDBE plan development and implementation, Title VI plan development and implementation, economic impact studies, business plan development, and land acquisition strategic development. The City receives entitlements from the FAA in the amount of $150,000 annually and receives additional support from KDOT Aviation through KAIP Grants and various State and Federal earmarks. Projects may utilize this contract at the discretion of the City based on future analysis and available funding. This Master Agreement establishes the relationship between the City and the selected vendor, however does not guarantee a specific amount of work; Each assignment will receive a defined scope, schedule, funding source, and authorization through the city's Task Order framework.

IMPORTANT – QUALIFICATIONS-BASED SELECTION: This solicitation is being conducted using a qualifications-based selection process. Fee proposals, hourly rates, pricing, or other cost information shall not be included in the initial qualifications submission. Cost information will be requested only from the selected consultant following completion of the qualifications-based selection process and negotiation of the detailed scope of services. INTERVIEWS – The interview schedule is tentative and may be adjusted based on the time required to evaluate responses. Interviews will not be conducted if the highest-scoring candidate, based on the combined blind and non-blind evaluation results, achieves a score at least 10% higher than that of every other evaluated response.

Responses are due November 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM CST.

Questions must be submitted by November 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM CST.

A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference is scheduled for November 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM CST at https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/26510134977297?p=Rym0aFK9Z2KPBNxfOl.

Commodity categories: Airports (Lighting, Fueling, Navaids) - Architectural Services; Land Development and Planning - Architectural; Planning, Urban (Community, Regional, Area wide, and State); Planning, Site (Installation and Project); Airports (Lighting, Fueling, Navaids) - Engineering; Civil Engineering; Facilities Design Services, Engineering; Highways; Streets; Airport Pay-Parking Lots - Engineering.

Contact: Jacob Baldwin, Engineering Program Manager (jbaldwin@lawrenceks.gov, (785) 423-3337).

6 documents are attached to the notice: QBS RFP Proposal Form – Fee Schedule; QBS RFP Blind Proposal Forms; QBS RFP Non-Blind Proposal Forms; LWC ALP Combined Draft; FAA AC 150/5100-14E; Current Federal Provisions for AIP projects.

The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/lawrenceks/projects/298662. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.

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