The Transportation Agency’s current agreement for youth bike safety trainings expired on December 31, 2016. On October 26, 2016 the Transportation Agency Board of Directors authorized staff to release a Request for Proposals for Monterey County youth bike safety trainings, for a not-to-exceed amount of $10,000.
On October 27, 2016, staff sent the solicitation to relevant firms listed in the Agency's consultant database. Agency staff received two submittals by the required due date and time of December 1, 2016. The review committee comprised of Agency staff reviewed the two responsive submittals from the following firms:
- Ecology Action
- Safe Moves
The review committee chose Safe Moves for their demonstrated experience in bike safety education and their ability to serve more schools with the same $10,000 budget. Safe Moves is able to conduct 20 educational presentations, and 10 on-bike safety trainings.
Also, Agency staff checked the references for Safe Moves and found that they provide good work, are responsive to the needs of the communities that they serve, and they offer a more extensive education program. Overall, the references were positive and indicated that they had also selected Safe Moves through a competitive bidding process and would continue working with them.
The proposed agreement for services with Safe Moves would be for the spring school semester time period, terminating on December 31, 2017. The agreement will have options to renew the contract annually for up to two fiscal years at a not-to-exceed budget of $10,000 subject to TAMC satisfaction with the work provided and TAMC Board approval. The proposed scope of work covers Consultant coordination and outreach with local schools, educational in-class presentations, on-bike safety trainings in a miniature city setting ("bike rodeos") and program evaluation.