Architectural/Engineering (A/E) Services
Overview
MARTA utilizes professional Architectural/Engineering (A/E)
consultants to perform design and design related services.
Multi-disciplined teams typically provide design services
for rail stations and line sections, parking facilities,
bus facilities and other infrastructure projects. Design
related services are provided by specialty consultants
in acoustics and vibration, corrosion control, land
surveying, photogrammetry and mapping, transit planning,
roof consulting, safety, health and industrial hygiene
consulting, elevator/escalator consulting, rail vehicle
consulting, value engineering, geotechnical engineering,
environmental engineering, construction management,
and construction materials testing.
In accordance with
the Brooks Act (Public Law 92-582), enacted on October
27, 1972, and Federal Transit Administration guidelines,
MARTA uses demonstrated professional competence and
qualifications as the basis for the selection of the
most qualified firm or team of firms, for each A/E consultant
assignment. Following selection, negotiations arrive
at a fair and reasonable price for such services.
Consultant Registration
A/E consultants interested in providing services for MARTA
are encouraged to register with MARTA's Office of
Program & Contract Management, which
maintains a Consultant Resource Database. When a need
for A/E consulting services arises, the database is
searched to identify candidate firms for the assignment.
Statements of Qualifications from interested firms are
requested and accepted only when a consulting opportunity
exists and has been advertised.
In addition to contact information, the database lists
the technical disciplines possessed by each firm and
other pertinent information. To pursue registration
of your firm, contact Alan A. Roberts, P.E., Manager
of A/E Contracts at aaroberts@itsmarta.com. A
standard list of questions along with a discipline table
will be provided for your response via email. Following the initial
registration, it is your responsibility to notify MARTA
of any necessary changes to your database information.
Small, minority and women-owned A/E firms are also encouraged
to pursue DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise) certification
with MARTA’s Department of Diversity
and Equal Opportunity.
Consulting Opportunities
MARTA’s A/E consulting opportunities are advertised in two
local newspapers. The ads appear in the Legal Notices of the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution and in the Classifieds section
of the Atlanta Daily World. In addition, certain assignments
are advertised nationally in technical publications such as
Engineering News-Record and APTA Passenger Transport.
MARTA’s A/E consulting opportunities are also
listed here. However, no such opportunities exist
at this time.
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