​​The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) requests qualifications statements and proposals from firms with expertise in Program Management for the Rehabilitation of Stations and Electrification of Transit Systems. The Authority invites interested parties to submit proposals in accordance with the guidelines described throughout this Request for Qualifications and Proposals and with the Alternative Selection Procedures set forth in Article VIII of PRHTA’s Regulation on Bids, Regulation 02-001.

Through this RFQ/RFP, PRHTA will procure the services of a Program Management Consultant to provide project management and administration support; design, and engineering oversight; procurement, project controls, and quality assurance support; and adjunct professional services as needed for the implementation of the project. 

Proposers shall submit their Proposals at the Board of Awards Office on the Roberto Sánchez Vilella Government Center (Minillas) South Building, Eleventh Floor, De Diego Avenue, Stop 22, Santurce, Puerto Rico on or before 2:00 PM of May 31, 2023.  Said proposals will be publicly opened in a virtual meeting (via Cisco Webex Meetings) on June 1, 2023, at 10:00 AM. An invitation to access this meeting will be sent to those proposers who submitted proposals.

A non-mandatory virtual (Cisco Webex Meetings) Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at 10:00 AM on March 14, 2023.  An invitation to access the meeting will be sent to those proposers that have been registered at the Board of Awards Office. Although non-mandatory, attendance to this meeting is highly recommendable. 

Proposal documents and forms, and all necessary information may be obtained at the office of the Board of Awards of the Authority (the Board) located on the Eleventh floor, South Building, Roberto Sánchez Vilella Government Center (formerly Minillas), phone number (787) 721-8787 extensions 51130 or 51134, from February 10, 2023, by filing a request for registering in this process to the following e-mail address: juntasubastas@act.pr.gov, until two (2) working days prior to the proposal due date. The Board will send a registration form to the Proposer, and it shall be completed and send by e-mail to the Board. These documents will be available only in digital format to be downloaded from a link that will be sent by e-mail after all the information in the registration form is validated.

The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority complies with regulation included in 49 CFR Part 26 for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.  For more information, contact the Civil Rights Office, (787)729-1562, (787)721-8787 Ext. 51740, or write to Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, PO Box 42007, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940-2007. 

To be eligible for the award of the contract for this project, a bidder shall comply with the special provision on the Utilization of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) that is included in the contract documents.  Failure to comply with these requirements will be sufficient cause for the Authority to not award the contract.

Each proposal must be accompanied by a proposal guaranty of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) in the name of the Authority and copy of an updated Eligibility Certificate from the Professionals Registry of the General Services Administration (“Registro Único de Profesionales”). ​