The Jacksonville Transportation Authority the (‘Authority’ or ‘JTA’) hereby requests in accordance with Florida Statutes, Chapter 287, Section 287.055, Consultant’s Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA), a separately sealed Qualification Proposal and Technical Proposal from qualified firms, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Consultant’ for Request for Proposals (“RFP”) No. P-24-032 Ultimate Urban Circulator (U2C) Phase II Skyway Rehabilitation & Downtown Service Expansion.  

The JTA primary objective of this project is to enhance connectivity and address mobility challenges within Downtown Jacksonville by modernizing the existing Skyway infrastructure and integrating advanced autonomous vehicle technologies. The main focus of the Phase 2 of the Ultimate Urban Circulator Program is to conduct the Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study of the Skyway Conversion including the preferred technology for the future replacement/expansion through a Connected Automated Corridor (CAC).   The JTA is seeking qualified firms to perform the Project Development & Environmental (PD&E) Study to develop 30% design plans for the conversion of the existing JTA Skyway superstructure into a Connected Automated Vehicle (CAV) corridor, in addition to deploying a Battery Electric Bus (BEB) with route charging technologies to service the transit bus routes along the current Skyway routes.