Professional Engineering Consulting Services for Developing the City of Lathrop's Comprehensive Safety Action Plan

Location:	California
Posted:	May 4, 2026
Due:	May 28, 2026
Agency:	City of Lathrop
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	C - Architect and Engineering Services - Construction R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services
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Bid/RFP Status:

Open - accepting bids and proposals

Bid/RFP Due Date:

Thursday, May 28, 2026 - 5:00pm

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The City of Lathrop is seeking proposals from qualified firms to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan that includes a Vision Zero Action Plan and a Safe Routes to School component. The plan will help the City identify safety needs, prioritize improvements, support future funding applications, and guide future implementation efforts.

This project is funded through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program. The selected consultant will provide professional planning and engineering consulting services only; this contract does not authorize construction work.

The RFP includes the project scope, submittal requirements, and selection process. Interested firms should contact Veronica Albarran at valbarran@ci.lathrop.ca.us and provide a representative name, phone number, and email address to receive updates and addenda.

Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. on May 28, 2026

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Request for Proposals (374 KB)

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES

FOR

DEVELOPING THE CITY OF LATHROP’S

COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN

May 04, 2026

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

390 Towne Centre Drive

Lathrop, CA 95330

Phone:(209) 941-7430

Fax: (209) 941-7449

Approved:

________________

Brad Taylor, P.E., Public Works Director / City Engineer

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

The City of Lathrop (City) is requesting proposals from firms interested in providing professional

engineering consulting services to develop the City’s Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (Plan)

that integrates a Vision Zero Action Plan and a Safe Routes to School component. The City’s Plan

will be led by a Vision Zero Task Force (VZTF), consisting of representatives of key agencies,

departments, and members of the community. The VZTF will oversee progress toward Plan goals

and action items, and help integrate new safety projects into capital improvement plans and future

development. The Plan will review current practices, policies, and guidelines through a lens of

roadway safety and will help establish new policies and procedures that emphasize a forgiving and

multimodal circulation network. The Plan will include an in-depth safety assessment of the City’s

road network to identify crash trends and safety needs and isolate collision hotspots and their

relationship with vulnerable users and disadvantaged communities.

The City intends for the Plan to serve not only as a policy and planning document, but also as an

implementation-ready framework to help the City prioritize capital improvements, support future

grant applications, and advance recommended projects into later design and construction phases

as funding becomes available.

B. BACKGROUND

The current population within the City is approximately 37,033 as of January 2024 (California

DOF, 2024). The City has experienced significant growth and anticipates growth to continue in

the future given the existing entitlements for several large residential developments.

Additionally, the City has received Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) federal grant funding to

undertake the development of the plan. The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to seek

a consultant to assist the City with the development of a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan that

integrates a Vision Zero Action Plan and a Safe Routes to School component to further its goals

of reducing fatalities and severe injuries on its roadways.

This procurement is for professional engineering consulting services only and does not authorize

construction, alteration, repair, or installation of public improvements; however, any future

construction contract funded in whole or in part with federal assistance arising from this program

shall include all applicable federal requirements, including Davis-Bacon prevailing wage

requirements when applicable.

Any future design, procurement, or construction contract arising from this SS4A-funded effort

shall be subject to the federal and state requirements applicable to that future contract, as

determined by the funding source, project scope, and legal requirements in effect at the time of

procurement, which may include environmental review, civil rights and Title VI, labor and

workforce requirements, Build America, Buy America, small and disadvantaged business

requirements, and prevailing wage requirements when applicable.

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The City’s Plan aims to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injury crashes on City streets by

establishing a Vision Zero policy to be formally adopted by the City Council; developing a Local

Road Safety Plan to assess the health of the City’s road network and identify high-injury locations;

creating an effective safety countermeasure toolbox that also incorporates design elements

focusing on neighborhood traffic calming, active transportation, complete streets, and safe routes

to school; and creating a Task Force and monitoring system to actively observe the City’s progress.

C. ANTICIPATED SCOPE OF SERVICES

A detailed scope of services and budget for this project will be developed as part of the contract

negotiations for the creation of the City’s Plan, which integrates a Vision Zero and Safe Routes to

School components. Consultants are requested to provide a recommended approach and level of

effort based on their experience and understanding of the project and the City’s needs. It is

anticipated that the scope of services will include the following tasks:

Task 1 – Coordinate and Attend Meetings

The Consultant shall schedule meetings with City Staff and other stakeholders as necessary for the

periodic review of project status. A kick-off meeting is necessary for the introduction of staff,

roles and responsibilities, project management procedures, and communications. The Consultant

shall be responsible for preparing and distributing all meeting notices, agenda and minutes. It is

anticipated that project progress meetings will be required at least every other week throughout

the duration of the project to review project management and technical issues.

Task 2 - Data Collection and Review

This task consists of collecting and reviewing available documentation related to the City’s plans,

policies, and guidelines (including but not limited to the 2022 General Plan, the upcoming revision

to the City’s Housing Element, the upcoming revision to the City’s Traffic Monitoring Program,

the seven (7) Specific Plans, and the 2024 Active Transportation Plan) to identify deficiencies,

consolidate identical policies, eliminate conflicting policies, and refine best practices.

Task 3 – City of Lathrop’s Comprehensive Safety Action Plan

This task consists of evaluating the data to support development and adoption of a Vision Zero

policy or resolution that establishes a target date for reaching Vision Zero and establishes a VZTF

to implement, maintain, monitor, and improve the Plan as a living program/document. Project

tasks shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, those items noted below. If the Consultant

feels that additional tasks are warranted, they must be clearly identified in the Consultant’s

proposal.

Consultant shall perform the following tasks generally described to develop the City’s

Comprehensive Safety Action Plan with a Safe Routes to School component:

a. Include concept designs and cost estimates for the top 10 vehicular projects and top 10

pedestrian/bicycle projects. Concept designs and cost estimates prepared under this

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Agreement are for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as authorization for

construction or implementation under this professional services contract.

b. Conduct an in-depth safety analysis of the citywide road network over a ten-year period to

establish a crash baseline against which the Plan’s progress can be measured, help identify

contributing factors and crash profiles, specify safety needs, and identify a High-Injury

Network (HIN)

c. Develop a countermeasure toolbox to address roadway safety using a systematic, context-

sensitive approach based on the Federal Highway Administration’s Proven Safety

Countermeasures and Safety Systems Approach, the California Department of

Transportation’s Local Road Safety manual, and the “E’s of Traffic Safety” framework

i. The toolbox should include elements related to neighborhood traffic calming,

complete street design, active transportation, and safe routes to school

ii. The toolbox should account for countermeasure efficacy, complexity, cost, and

benefit.

d. Develop a Safe Routes to School component as part of the Comprehensive Safety Action

Plan that includes policy, program, and infrastructure recommendations to improve safety

and access for students walking, bicycling, and rolling to school. The Consultant shall

identify and evaluate priority school routes, prepare or refine Preferred Routes to School

maps, including coordination with or use of SchoolRoutes.org as appropriate, and develop

School Improvement Maps or similar exhibits showing recommended improvements,

priority deficiencies, potential safety countermeasures, and planning-level cost estimates

for recommended improvements along school routes and on collector or arterial streets that

support school access.

e. Conduct engagement and collaboration efforts as part of the Plan’s development, including

a series of community outreach events, coordination meetings between interagency

departments, and the first few initial meetings of the VZTF while the Plan is being

established

f. Conduct an equity impact analysis to determine how roadway safety currently affects

underserved communities and develop action items and strategies to effectively prioritize

and reduce transportation inequities.

g. Develop action items and strategies that can be adopted or pursued in the near-term,

medium-term, or long-term

i. Action items/strategies should indicate how the Plan progress will be measured,

identify potential impacts on City resources and staff time, and identify key partners

and assign responsibility.

h. Identify potential funding sources for safety improvements.

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i. Develop a City Collision Dashboard to monitor citywide crash trends and develop Annual

Safety Action Progress (ASAP) reports to be presented to the VZTF to aid project planning

and decision making. The dashboard should be able to:

i. Update the City’s HIN periodically.

ii. Perform geospatial safety assessments and incorporate equity data.

iii. Integrate any field inventories or GIS data that the City currently has or may pursue

in the future (for example, qualitative (speeds, roadway classification), activity-

based (ADT, work zones), telematics (Waze for Cities), demographics

(population), and built environment (sidewalk and bike lane inventories)).

iv. Include a safety countermeasure assessment tool to help the City narrow down the

selection of countermeasures to those with high benefit-to-cost ratios.

v. Record where, when, and what types of safety countermeasures have been installed.

vi. Help the City conduct before-and-after studies to determine if the countermeasures

implemented achieve the desired results.

j. Prepare a presentation for a City Council meeting and meet with City staff and, as needed,

other stakeholders regarding the recommended Plan.

k. Prepare a technical memorandum documenting the analysis and evaluation of the

recommended Plan.

l. Provide advisory support to the City in identifying potential federal compliance obligations

associated with implementation of recommended capital projects, including potential

Davis-Bacon applicability, procurement pathway considerations, and documentation needs

for later design and construction phases.

m. Develop an implementation readiness matrix for recommended projects that identifies

project category, planning-level cost range, likely funding sources, responsible parties,

implementation timeframe, and key delivery constraints, including right-of-way, utility

coordination, environmental review, permitting, and interagency coordination

considerations.

n. Identify which recommended projects may require additional federal compliance review

prior to future design or construction, including potential applicability of labor standards,

Build America, Buy America, disadvantaged business participation requirements, Title

VI/community participation considerations, and procurement pathway requirements.

o. Develop a performance monitoring and reporting framework that supports the City’s future

annual safety reporting, progress tracking, and dashboard maintenance, including

recommended performance measures, data sources, collection intervals, and

documentation protocols.

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