NVTA approves contract award to ICF to update TransAction plan, including BRT work
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Summary
The authority approved a competitive award to ICF to update TransAction, the region's multimodal plan, citing modeling compatibility with local agencies, negotiated price concessions and contingency. The contract includes work supporting a BRT network.
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority voted to approve a contract award to ICF to lead the next TransAction (regional multimodal plan) update, staff told members at the Feb. 12 meeting.
"The award recommendation is based on the selection panel's unanimous support for ICF," staff said while summarizing a competitive procurement that included negotiation of price concessions. Staff reported about a 13% contingency and more than $500,000 in negotiated concessions on the award and noted many subcontractors have prior experience on NVTA TransAction work.
Council member Snyder, who moved the award, and a second noted the TransAction update is the five-year multimodal plan that informs the authority's data-driven project recommendations. During discussion members asked about modelling compatibility; staff responded the selected team's modeling approach aligns with NVTA, many member jurisdictions and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments/TPB tools.
The contract scope includes TransAction updates and work supporting the authority's ongoing bus rapid transit (BRT) planning. Staff described the BRT element as an integrated part of TransAction modeling given the program's long-term, network-focused scope.
Why it matters: TransAction is the technical basis for project selection and funding recommendations. Updating the plan shapes which projects will be eligible for NVTA funding and how the authority evaluates regional needs.
The motion to award the TransAction contract to ICF was made and seconded and, as recorded in the transcript, carried by the authority.