Purpose of this Request for Qualifications

The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB) is seeking qualifications for on-call planning services from qualified individuals or firms ("Consultants") to support the RPCGB's Community Planning group by augmenting their planning services and assisting with long-range planning related projects.

The RPCGB is one of the 12 regional councils in Alabama and is eligible to provide planning services to any of the 84 municipalities located in the six-county region of Central Alabama (Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby and Walker counties).

A bulk of the planning work is funded through the RPCGB's Building Communities Grant Program, which is an 80/20 grant program that can be utilized by municipalities located within the Metropolitan Planning Area. In recent years there is a growing need to provide planning services to municipalities throughout the six-county region that utilize other types of funding to pay for RPCGB services.

The Consultants will provide services to the local municipalities, under contract to the RPCGB, serving as an extension of RPCGB staff.

Scope of Services related to this RFQ

The RPCGB invites qualified professional Consultants having expertise in any of the following fields to respond to this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for On-Call Planning Assistance:

• Long-range planning services, such as the development of:
  • Comprehensive Plans and Master Plans
  • Sub-area or corridor-specific plans (standalone or as components of Comprehensive Plans or Master Plans)
• Housing, such as the development of:
  • Housing market analyses
  • Housing-specific recommendations for Comprehensive Plans or Master Plans
  • Strategies for neighborhood revitalization, to induce the development of affordable housing, etc.
• Public engagement (online and in-person)
• Transportation planning and engineering, such as in the following areas:
  • Development of transportation-specific components of Comprehensive Plans and Master Plans
  • Multi-modal transportation planning
  • Traffic and safety analysis, for all modes
  • Corridor or sub-area studies
  • Feasibility studies, such as for developing new roadway alignments and extensions or evaluating the practicality of constructing sidewalks and other non-motorized facilities
• Urban design, such as the development of:
  • Conceptual drawings
  • Site plans (e.g., a proposed town center development)
  • 3D renderings
• Ordinance updates, such as:
  • Conducting code audits and providing recommended revisions
  • Drafting of text amendments and updates to modernize existing Zoning Ordinances
  • Drafting language for new zoning districts (e.g., mixed-use district)
  • Development of new Zoning Ordinances
  • Development of new and updated Sign Ordinance Regulations
  • Development of updates to Subdivision Regulations