BCS 2026-04 Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO), Planning, Engineering Design and Technical Support Services, Statewide

The scope of services sought under these contracts will include engineering design and planning activities, including but not limited to: TSMO Master Plan, systems engineering (SE) activities, transportation/traffic operations analyses, modeling and simulation, big data analytics, performance management, engineering design, and integration support for OTMO’s TSMO program statewide. The contracts will support the preparation of strategic planning and policy documents such as the SHA TSMO Strategic Plan, legislative research, benefits-cost analyses, asset management, development of incident and emergency management plans for freeways and arterials, and development and deployment support for ATM, ICM and CAV strategies. Analysis, modeling and simulation activities will include development, calibration and validation of macro-, meso- and micro-simulation models. Big data analytics will include activities related to the governance, management and analysis of ITS infrastructure data, vehicle probe data, crowd-sourced data and CAV data, etc. The scope of the contracts will also include advanced traffic management systems (ATMS) support, advanced traveler information systems support, assessment and application support for field and center ITS, preparation of preliminary engineering plans, SE support for preparing concept of operations (ConOps), requirements definition, system validation, and system verification documents related to ITS deployments, crashes, capacity, delay analysis, corridor analysis, origin-destination studies, signal system studies, traffic control software and hardware integration support. These contracts will support OTMO and SHA’s involvement in various pilot studies and initiatives to support new/innovative technology testing and deployments for MDOT initiatives such as its CAV and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Programs, and the agency’s Asset Management Program (AMP) and deployments. These contracts will also provide support for OTMO’s, SHA’s and MDOT’s strategic planning and technical analysis activities in the CAV, UAS and AMP focus areas. In addition, these contracts are expected to provide staffing for on-site engineering functions including client representation for construction management support/services.