US-191/MT-64 Int Improvements

Location:	Montana
Posted:	Apr 22, 2026
Due:	May 13, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Montana
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services
Solicitation No:	US-191/MT-64
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Christopher Dorrington, Director

2701 Prospect ▪ PO Box 201001

Helena MT 59620-1001

Date:

April 22, 2026

Subject:

Request for Proposals

US-191/MT-64 Int Improvements

NH 50-2(109)47

UPN 10533000

To Whom It May Concern:

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is accepting proposals from consulting firms

interested in the preparation of the construction plans and specifications for the subject project.

One firm will be selected to perform the work specified herein.

Teams may be established as necessary; however, it is expected that the prime consultant will be

capable of completing the vast majority of the work, and the proposal must clearly identify the

prime for this contract. As a rule, the prime consultant must complete at least 50% of the work

for a specific project or assignment unless written exception is given.

Montana professional engineering licensure is required for this work and must be in-hand at the

time your proposal is submitted. If this requirement is not met and clearly identified in the

proposal, your proposal will be considered non-responsive.

If your firm is interested, please submit a proposal as described herein.

Consultant Design Bureau

Phone: (406) 444–6209

Fax: (406) 444–6253

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Engineering Division

TTY: (800) 335–7592

Web Page: www.mdt.mt.gov

SCOPE OF WORK

The intent of this capital improvement project is to expand the intersection operation of US-191

with MT-64. An intersection control evaluation (ICE) was conducted through the US-191/MT-64

Feasibility Study and recommended the installation of a roundabout. Staff also recommend the

addition of a northbound passing lane to the north of the intersection. A BUILD grant application

was submitted on February 24, 2026, for $25 million. If the grant is awarded the project will be

designed as described, however, if the grant application is unsuccessful, the passing lane portion

of the project will be removed from this scope and added to an existing passing lanes project that

is currently under contract. Grant award announcements are scheduled for July 1, 2026.

The consultant will be required to provide comprehensive design services necessary for the

project, including (but not limited to) roadway widening, geotechnical analysis and design,

surfacing design, traffic analysis and design, signing and striping, utilities, environmental

features, and right-of-way. It is anticipated the existing bridge is wide enough to accommodate

the proposed improvements and the public involvement for the project will be handled through

the US-191/MT-64 Feasibility Study.

The MDT Consultant Design Project Manager has developed a draft Scope of Services

document, which is linked below in the Additional Information Section. The provided Scope of

Services document accounts for work being done through Scope of Work. The intent is to

execute a contract post scope of work with the selected consultant for all work through PS&E.

Any unaccounted efforts can be added later by amendment. A scoping meeting will be held with

MDT and the successful Consultant on June 10, 2026. Minor changes to the Scope of Services

document will be considered based on discussion during the scoping meeting. The Consultant

will be tasked with developing their cost proposal based on this Scope of Services document

(revised as agreed upon at scoping meeting). Contract negotiations, including fully executing a

contract, should be complete within 14 weeks of Consultant selection, barring unforeseen

circumstances. This timeline is outlined in more detail on Page 4.

By submitting a proposal, it is understood your firm has capacity to complete the work requested

including having an internal quality assurance/quality control process achieving industry

standard expectations for quality.

As previously mentioned, an ICE was completed on the intersection through the US-191/MT-64

Feasibility Study. The documents for the evaluation are being finalized and will be shared with

the consultant once MDT has accepted them. The conclusions and recommendations portion is

included with this RFP for insight on how the roundabout was selected as the best alternative.

High level conceptual information regarding the intersection can also be found on MDT’s

website under the Public Involvement tab or at https://mdt.mt.gov/pubinvolve/us191mt64/. The

draft Scope of Services is attached to the bottom of the RFP. The Conclusion and

Recommendations Memo from the ICE is linked below.

US-191_MT-64-ICE-Conclusions-and-Recommendations.pdf

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LOCATION

This project is in Gallatin County on National Highway 50 and State Highway 64. The extents

on US Highway 191 begin at RP 47.8± and extend to RP 49.5±. On State Highway 64 the

extents begin at RP 0.0± and extend to RP 0.2±.

PROJECT SCHEDULE AND DELIVERABLES

The project schedule will be developed and negotiated prior to executing the contract agreement.

At this time, it is anticipated that deliverables will generally follow those described in MDT’s

Consultant Activity Descriptions (as applicable):

http://www.mdt.mt.gov/other/webdata/external/cdb/ACTIVITY_DESCRIPTIONS/CONSULTA

NT_DESIGN_2500_MU.PDF

STANDARDS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND POLICIES

Work is expected to follow MDT’s various Manuals, Guides, and Policies. These items may be

found on MDT’s Design Consulting web page at: http://www.mdt.mt.gov/business/consulting/.

PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL

Submit one (1) electronic version (Adobe© PDF format) of the proposal. Hard copy

proposals will not be accepted.

Submit the electronic version by uploading to the State of Montana File Transfer Service (FTS)

site, which can be accessed at this link: https://transfer.mt.gov. To upload to FTS, an account

must be created unless the person who is uploading already has an account. Uploading

instructions can be accessed at https://transfer.mt.gov/Home/Instructions. When your proposal

has been uploaded, the FTS system will prompt you for an email address to send to. Please send

this email of your uploaded proposal to the following individuals:

Sheryl Tangen: stangen@mt.gov

Kelly Williams: kwilliams@mt.gov

Sam Baker: sbaker@mt.gov

The Department must receive the proposals for this RFP no later than 3:00 PM MST, May

13, 2026.

Regardless of cause, late proposals will not be accepted and will automatically be disqualified

from further consideration. It shall be solely the vendor's responsibility to assure delivery at the

specified office by the specified time. Offeror may request the State return late proposals at

vendor’s expense or the State will dispose of late proposals if requested by the offeror. (See

Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM) 2.5.509.). If no request is made, late proposals become

the property of the Department. All proposals submitted on time become the property of the

Department.

The costs for developing and delivering responses to this solicitation are entirely the

responsibility of the offeror. The State is not liable for any expense incurred by the offeror in the

preparation and presentation of this submittal.

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TENTATIVE RFP/SELECTION SCHEDULE

The anticipated schedule for consultant solicitation and selection for this contract is as follows

(subject to change):

April 22, 2026:

RFP released

May 13, 2026:

Proposals due to be submitted to MDT Consultant Design

May 27, 2026:

Proposals reviewed, rated, and ranked by the evaluation committee

June 3, 2026:

Consultant Selection Board meeting to select consultant

June 10, 2026:

Scoping meeting with selected consultant

There are three (3) members on the evaluation committee for this RFP (subject to change):

1. MDT Butte District Project Development Engineer

2. MDT Traffic Operations Engineer

3. MDT Consultant Design Project Manager

PROPOSAL CONTENTS

The proposal must contain the information listed in this section. The proposal is limited to five

(5) pages, not including the required Appendices. A single cover jacket/title page is allowed if

desired and will not count in the page limit. Each page is defined as one side of a letter size sheet

(no larger than 8 ½” x 11”), minimum font size of 10. Evaluation of information will begin with

the first page immediately following the cover jacket/title page, and every page will be counted,

in order, from that point forward, including any table of contents or divider pages the firm wishes

to include. Once the page limit is reached, any information included thereafter will be removed

and not considered or scored. Please organize your proposal in the same order and numbering

format as shown below, which will assist MDT in reviewing your proposal:

Questions

1) Team Qualifications

Provide a discussion on how the team you propose to use for this project (including

subconsultants, if used) is best qualified to respond to the requirements of this project.

Discussion should focus on the requirements for this specific project, particularly your

team’s expertise and experience, as it relates to the work described in the “Scope of

Work” section above. Provide examples of previous related project experience as it

relates to these services. Identify professional licensure of staff that satisfy the

requirements for this contract. Include an organizational chart of your team for this

project. Also briefly discuss your compatibility of systems, software, and equipment (i.e.

CADD software, word processing software, etc.), and experience with these systems,

software, and equipment. The Department’s standard design software is Autodesk®

technology included in the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) Collection.

Describe any special equipment or software you intend to use. Resumes may be

considered as supplemental information for scoring this question.

2) Project Approach

Transportation work has many challenging aspects, and the development and delivery of

a successful project that addresses and mitigates specific project challenges is of utmost

interest to MDT. Discuss the challenges you foresee as they relate to this project and its

requirements, your strategy for addressing these challenges, and your specific experience

in implementing the strategies identified. Describe your quality assurance/quality control

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process. Include a discussion on your ability to successfully deliver this project, and your

overall plan for delivering this project in a timely manner.

Appendix A: Resumes

Include brief resumes for the key personnel to be assigned to the contract. Resumes are

limited to one (1) page per person.

Appendix B: Cover Page Form

Include a completed version of MDT’s standard cover page form, available at the following

location:

http://www.mdt.mt.gov/other/webdata/external/cdb/MDT-CDB-002-Proposal-SOQ-Cover-Sheet.pdf

Information presented in the cover page form will not be considered in proposal scoring.

Appendix C: References

Submit references that includes a minimum of five (5) separate contracts from the past

three (3) years. If applicable, you may submit multiple contracts for a single client. Each

contract must pertain to work similar to the proposed scope of services. Include client

name, a currently employed primary contact person, an alternative contact person,

corresponding valid phone numbers and emails for both contacts, a range of contract value,

and a brief description of the work performed. If MDT needs to use these references for the

Past Performance Score (as described in the “Evaluation of Proposals” section below) and

is unable to contact the required number of references after a reasonable effort, the firm

will receive a zero for the missing reference(s).

EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS

All proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the following factors:

1) Team Qualifications (50 points possible)

2) Project Approach (100 points possible)

3) Record of past performance (30 points possible)

a) If two (2) or more MDT evaluations specific to the discipline for this contract are

available for the consultant, the average score of these evaluations will be used.

Evaluations for Project Management & Overall Performance will also be included.

b) If fewer than two (2) MDT evaluations specific to the discipline for this contract are

available for the consultant, but there are two (2) or more MDT evaluations are

available for other work disciplines, the consultant’s current overall past performance

score from MDT evaluations will be used.

c) If there is only one (1) MDT evaluation available for the consultant, the record of past

performance score will be an average of the MDT evaluation and one (1) reference

check from the references provided in the unbound attachment.

d) If no MDT evaluations are available, the average score of two (2) reference checks

from the references provided in the unbound attachment will be used for this score.

Regardless of partnership/teaming relationships, the past performance of the prime

consultant will be the past performance scored that will be used for this score.

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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

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