Public Notice - June 6, 2012
FTA JARC & New Freedom Proposals for 2013
The Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council (ITCTC) gives notice it is soliciting proposals or ideas from agencies, service providers and members of the public for improving transportation services for people with low income, seniors or people with disabilities in Tompkins County as part of the Coordinated Human Services-Transportation Plan.
- This solicitation is for projects to be continued or implemented in 2013.
- Existing projects need to re-apply for a 2013 grant.
The purpose of this notice is to identify projects which best fullfill the service objectives in the Coordinated Transportation Plan. Projects must be approved by the ITCTC in order to be eligible for Federal funding. There is no guarantee any Federal funding will be awarded in the future.
Further, Tompkins County will determine if an additional procurement action (e.g. a request for proposal process) is neccessary to select a contractor to implement a project.
Call Dwight Mengel at 607-274-5605 for more information and technical assistance before June 29.
Proposal submissions are due on July 6, 2012 by 4 pm, at the ITCTC, 121 E. Court St., Ithaca, NY 14850. Call Fernando deAragon at 607-274-5572 for questions about submitting proposals and the evaluation process. A proposal may be submitted using email. (The application form is at the bottom of this page.)
Proposals will be evaluated using the following criteria (summarized below):
- This solicitation is for projects to be continued or implemented in 2013.
- Existing projects need to re-apply for a 2013 grant.
The purpose of this notice is to identify projects which best fullfill the service objectives in the Coordinated Transportation Plan. Projects must be approved by the ITCTC in order to be eligible for Federal funding. There is no guarantee any Federal funding will be awarded in the future.
Further, Tompkins County will determine if an additional procurement action (e.g. a request for proposal process) is neccessary to select a contractor to implement a project.
Call Dwight Mengel at 607-274-5605 for more information and technical assistance before June 29.
Proposal submissions are due on July 6, 2012 by 4 pm, at the ITCTC, 121 E. Court St., Ithaca, NY 14850. Call Fernando deAragon at 607-274-5572 for questions about submitting proposals and the evaluation process. A proposal may be submitted using email. (The application form is at the bottom of this page.)
Proposals will be evaluated using the following criteria (summarized below):
- Project Approach: Effectiveness of serving target populations, Meeting eligibility requirements for individual FTA programs (30 Points)
- Implementation Plan (20 Points)
- Project Budget (20 Points)
- Program Outreach (15 Points)
- Federal requirements including Civil Rights and Environmental Justice. (15 Points)
Coordinated Plan Objectives/Priorities for 2013
A. The Coordinated Plan encourages:
- Local human services transportation planning to reduce duplication, increase service efficiency and expand access for the transportation-disadvantaged populations of low-income, seniors and persons with disabilities.
- Federally-assisted grantees to coordinate their resources in order to maximize accessibility and availability of transportation services; including sharing vehicles and coordinating the use of federally-funded assets.
- Regional planning that extends the Coordinated Plan approach on a regional basis.
B. The basic Coordination Plan strategy is to create coordinated, consumer-oriented, community mobility services aimed primarily at serving the target populations of low-income, seniors and persons with disabilities. Overall priorities include:
· To educate the public and especially target populations about mobility services.
· To train individuals, upon request, how to use mobility services.
· To create one telephone number and portal to make trip reservations for mobility services.
· To increase consumer choice of wheelchair-accessible services.
· To create one fare payment scheme for all travel modes– e.g. EZ Pass.
· To create transparency and increase responsiveness of service providers and to encourage volunteer-driver programs.
. To coordinate community mobility services with existing services, e.g. TCAT bus, Way2Go.
· To promote efficient delivery of public-funded transportation services.
· To improve transportation access to medical services, both in-county and regionally.
- Local human services transportation planning to reduce duplication, increase service efficiency and expand access for the transportation-disadvantaged populations of low-income, seniors and persons with disabilities.
- Federally-assisted grantees to coordinate their resources in order to maximize accessibility and availability of transportation services; including sharing vehicles and coordinating the use of federally-funded assets.
- Regional planning that extends the Coordinated Plan approach on a regional basis.
B. The basic Coordination Plan strategy is to create coordinated, consumer-oriented, community mobility services aimed primarily at serving the target populations of low-income, seniors and persons with disabilities. Overall priorities include:
· To educate the public and especially target populations about mobility services.
· To train individuals, upon request, how to use mobility services.
· To create one telephone number and portal to make trip reservations for mobility services.
· To increase consumer choice of wheelchair-accessible services.
· To create one fare payment scheme for all travel modes– e.g. EZ Pass.
· To create transparency and increase responsiveness of service providers and to encourage volunteer-driver programs.
. To coordinate community mobility services with existing services, e.g. TCAT bus, Way2Go.
· To promote efficient delivery of public-funded transportation services.
· To improve transportation access to medical services, both in-county and regionally.
JARC-New Freedom Proposal Form
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