The City of Atwater, in partnership with the County of Merced ("County"), initiated a Project Study ReportProject Development Support ("PSR-PDS") to evaluate improvements to Bellevue Road, a major collector road alignment, that would help relieve congestion and improve traffic flow through the City along Bellevue Road. The Project will reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled ("VMT") while restoring Bellevue Road as a major entry to the northern portion of the City, providing a more direct route between State Route 99, the City, and the Castle Commerce Center to the east. Bellevue Road would be realigned just south of the existing Bellevue Road, then conform near the intersection of Parade Street and Bellevue Road within the City corporate limits. New intersection connections are required at Vine Avenue and Orchard Park Avenue. The PSR-PDS identified two (2) alignment alternatives; however, in discussions with Project stakeholders a third viable alternative alignment emerged between these two. All three alignments were evaluated in the adopted Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration. The City Council adopted the Alignment Alternative 3 as the preferred alignment. The adopted PSR-PDS is included as Attachment D to this RFP; the adopted IS/MND is included as Attachment E; the adopted Alignment Alternative No. 3 is included as Attachment F; and the adopted Bellevue Road Cross Section is included as Attachment G. Owner is soliciting proposals from qualified firms for professional engineering design services to complete Scope of Work for the PS&E Phase for the realignment and reconstruction of Bellevue Road complete, including traffic signals. City is pursuing an aggressive schedule with completion of PS&E anticipated no later than 06/30/2025. Deadline for Questions September 25, 2024 by 5:00 PM PDT This phase of the Project is funded by Merced County Measure V Regional Projects Funds, which is a local 30-year, half-cent ($0.005) sales tax measure passed by voters in November 2016 and administered by the Merced County Association of Governments ("MCAG"). A funding agreement is in place between City and MCAG for $2,150,000 for this phase of the Project. Owner reserves to itself (at its sole discretion) all rights available to it under applicable law, including without limitation, with or without cause, and with or without notice, the right to Reject any or all Proposals. The Proposal must not exceed 40 total pages (most or all 8 1/2 x 11 inches with 1-inch or greater margins), excluding the transmittal letter, index or table of contents, front and back covers, title pages/separation tabs, and appendices. A maximum of ten of the total pages may be 11 x 17-inch tri-fold format. Elevenpoint font or larger must be used in Proposal Parts 1 - 6.