Scope of Work
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”), by and through the MTA Construction and Development Company (“MTA C&D”), will be issuing a two-step Request for Proposals (“RFP”), in order to identify and engage a qualified Design-Builder to perform design, fabrication, construction, installation, testing and commissioning to replace the current fixed-block signaling system on NYCT’s 6th Avenue Line, 63rd Street Line, and Dekalb Interlocking with a CBTC-based Train Control System (“TCS”) that is compliant with MTA C&D’s Interoperability Interface Specification. In the first step, MTA C&D will issue a Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) seeking Respondents who are qualified and prepared in all respects to perform the work on schedule and within budget. In the second step, MTA C&D will issue an RFP for the contract to the Respondents determined by MTA C&D to be qualified in the first step. Respondents with current contracts to perform work on MTA projects must be in good standing and satisfactorily progressing the work on such contracts to be deemed qualified to participate in the solicitation for the Contract.
Pre-Bid Conference:
Date: 3/13/2026
Time: 10:00AM
Location: Virtual via Microsoft Teams - Please register with Alexander Wanless at
[email protected]
Solicitation Type: RFP Document Availability: 3/5/2026 Document Cost: $0
Eligibility/ Qualifications Requirements/ Preferences
Visit our website at https://new.mta.info/agency/construction-and-development/contracting/current-opportunities for more details and information on obtaining bid documents. To participate in this project, vendors must be registered with System for Award Management
(SAM), a federal vendor database used to validate vendor information. You can visit SAM at www.sam.gov
*****WE CANNOT PROCESS DOCUMENT REQUESTS WITHOUT A MTA BIDDER/SUPPLIER NUMBER. PLEASE ACCESS THE MTA VENDOR PORTAL, WWW.MYMTA.INFO/VENDOR, TO REGISTER AS A BIDDER*****
Documents for this solicitation may be obtained by submitting a Document Order Form, and any additional forms if required, to the NYCT the Bid Reception Desk by emailing to
[email protected]
Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years:
None
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB)
SDVOB Goal: 1.00%
Minority / Women Business Enterprise contracting goals (MWBE)
MBE Goal: 7.00%
WBE Goal: 7.00%