Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council (SIMPCO)
September 22, 2025
PUBLIC NOTICE
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR
The South Sioux City Dakota Avenue Study
Click here for the complete Request for Qualifications
The Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council (SIMPCO) is seeking qualifications from Transportation Planning firms to develop a complete study of the Dakota Avenue corridor in South Sioux City, Nebraska. The study will examine existing conditions and recommendations for Dakota Avenue between the intersection of Riverview Drive and 6th Street to the intersection of 39th Street and Dakota Avenue. Dakota Avenue serves as one of the main corridors for South Sioux City, Nebraska. Traffic signal infrastructure along the corridor is outdated and as a result impedes the flow of traffic and causes safety issues for both vehicles and pedestrians.
The study will address traffic signal infrastructure, ADA compliance, access control, land use, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, transit infrastructure, transportation safety, and roadway design. The goal is to improve level of service through the corridor, to include all modes of transportation, and to improve the overall safety of the corridor. Consideration should be given to the city’s anticipated commercial and industrial development and the impact this will have on traffic patterns in the future. The consultant firm should evaluate current conditions and provide insight into potential future improvements in the area related to the study scope stated below.
The contract will be a lump sum or fixed price agreement.
STANDARD WORK CATEGORIES
Standard Work Categories anticipated on this project are listed below. Consultant/team must be certified in the following Standard Work Categories. Information regarding the Standard Work Categories can be found on NDOT’s website.
102 Transportation Planning
140 Traffic Operation Studies & Design
250 Public Involvement
300 Traffic Data Collection – Vehicles, Bicycles, Pedestrians
The Request for Qualifications for Consulting Services is available here. Copies are also available from the SIMPCO Office at 6401 Gordon Drive, Sioux City, IA 51106.
Any questions regarding this RFQ should be submitted via email to nathan@simpco.org using the subject line “South Sioux City Dakota Avenue Study”. Any responses to questions will be made available to all submitted proposal agencies via email or phone call.
Responses to the RFQ must be received by Nate Kistner as follows:
Due Date: October 13, 2025
Time: Prior to 4:00 p.m. CST
Deliver to: Nate Kistner,
Regional Planner, SIMPCO
nathan@simpco.org
Deliverable: 1 electronic (PDF) copy
Note: This is a Federal-aid Project, all rules in the Local Public Agencies (LPA) Guidelines Manual for Federal-Aid Projects, as published on the NDOT website, must be followed. This manual is located at https://dot.nebraska.gov/business-center/lpa/projects/.
Interested consultants must have a current NDOT Form 497, “Architect, Engineer, and Related Services Certification Form” on file with NDOT prior to the deadline identified in this Request for Qualifications. If necessary, a completed NDOT Form 497 should be submitted to: NDOT.PDAnnualCertification@nebraska.gov.
Published in the Sergeant Bluff Advocate weekly newspaper, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. The SB-Advocate is an Official Woodbury County newspaper. (PN#091825-00216)
