The Northeast Florida Regional Council (NEFRC) is seeking offers for the procurement of Florida Regional Evacuation Studies, Evacuation Transportation Modeling and Analysis.  The successful Contractor shall provide guidelines for the development of a transportation modeling framework and prototype models that can be used in the evacuation traffic analysis for the Florida Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program (SRESP). Once the prototype model is accepted by the study group, the consultant will then compile required data, implement models, and perform analysis for each regional planning council.

Proposals shall be received not later than March 31, 2008, 12:00 p.m. (Noon).

The Northeast Florida Regional Council is a regional governmental entity that was formed in 1977 by an inter-local agreement between Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns County pursuant to Chapter 186, Florida Statutes. The governing body of the Council consists of local elected officials and gubernatorial appointees. We received funding from state, federal and local agencies. The Council provides a wide scope of services and programs including strategic planning, regional transportation, economic development, human services and emergency preparedness.

To obtain a copy of the Request for Proposal you may contact Joyce Rhodes at (904)279-0880 or at email JRhodes@nefrc.org. In addition, a copy may be obtained from the NEFRC website: www.nefrc.org on February 29, 2008.

The Northeast Florida Regional Council reserves the right to accept or reject any and all responses that do not meet the RFP requirements.