Description
The Michigan Department of Transportation is seeking a contractor to perform a hot spot analysis to identify specific segments of trunkline as risks for Wildlife Vehicle Collisions. The analysis will focus on a suite of wildlife and will be conducted using wildlife movement, habitat, and landscape data to determine where key crossing locations intersect with trunklines. The contract will be effective approximately May 15, 2026, and will expire on September 30, 2028. The selected contractor will be responsible for identifying and modeling occurrences of WVCs on MDOT trunkline statewide, identifying and modeling wildlife habitats/corridors that intersect MDOT trunkline statewide, synthesizing modeled data into a wildlife crossing hotspot layer and GIS-based web map, conducting field visits to the top 20 hot spot locations, identifying solutions and developing decision support tools, and participating in public outreach events.
• The contractor will need to have experience with transportation ecology and GIS.
• The contractor will need to have knowledge of ecological species and data.
• The contractor will need to have a robust and diverse staffing plan.
• The contractor will need to provide a price proposal that is within the grant budget.