Request for Information - Pavement Condition Survey and Asset Inventory

The City of Tampa (“City”) is issuing this Request for Information (“RFI”) in order to solicit responses to the questions presented in this document in connection with the Pavement Condition Survey and Asset Inventory project (“Project”) in the City of Tampa. The City is seeking information that may help with the evaluation of potential options for equipment and/or services for the Project. This RFI is intended to solicit responses from individuals, firms, teams or organizations that have experience in the Project and that may be interested in providing equipment and/or services for the Project. This RFI is intended to inform potential respondent of this potential opportunity and solicit private sector interest and innovation in the delivery of the Project. Specifically, the RFI: Provides general background information related to the Project; and Solicits input from industry on a variety of issues, including potential scope and phasing of the proposed Project, and the financing and delivery method(s) that may have the greatest potential to satisfy the purpose and need and overall goals and objectives for the Project. This RFI is an inquiry only. No contract or agreement will be entered into as a result of this process, nor does this RFI initiate a formal procurement or represent a commitment to issue an RFQ or an RFP in the future. However, the information contained in the responses to this RFI will help the City, to advance evaluation, as well as planning and development efforts for the Project, which may result in the launch of a formal procurement. Responding to this RFI is not a pre-requisite to participating in a future procurement process. Therefore, those choosing to respond to this RFI will not, merely by virtue of submitting such a response, be deemed to be “bidders” on the Project in any sense, and no such respondent will have any preference, special designation, advantage or disadvantage whatsoever in any subsequent procurement process related to the Project