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Agreement No.1775104201 <br /> The study must identify cost,capacity and service levels in the regional transportation network. The examination of <br /> capacity extends across the entire network of modal assets,including terminals and warehouse/distribution centers. <br /> Constraints in public and privately owned networks should be identified and analyzed. The study should identify <br /> optimization strategies that can be used to address those constraints. <br /> As part of the project,the Consultant will be required to prepare 3-5 high-level business cases along with the <br /> implementation strategies for developing strategic improvements in the regional surface transportation network. The <br /> Consultant will be required to prioritize infrastructure investments in terms of cost savings to private industry,as <br /> expressed by return on investment(ROI)metrics.The market demand analysis will be used by Decatur to support <br /> and strengthen future applications for federal funding through the FASTLANE,TIGER or other grant programs in <br /> addition to providing a tool to identify and prioritize projects that will result in expanded economic development <br /> opportunities. <br /> Detailed Technical Proposal Requirements <br /> 1.1 Phase 1 -Discovery <br /> The consultant will collaborate with Decatur to complete the following tasks: <br /> 1.1.1 Stakeholder interviews and confidential shipment data collection: <br /> Conduct interviews with key companies in the Decatur Area to discuss details of how their supply <br /> chains operate and collect feedback on constraints on the transportation network. <br /> 1.1.2 Data needs assessment: <br /> Assess data available from public and private data sources in order to develop a network <br /> optimization model,document the data gaps,and develop a data strategy to address the data <br /> gaps.The data needs assessment should include demand data assessment and network definition <br /> and capacity data assessment. Demand data includes current and forecasted commodity flow data <br /> into,out of,and within the study area. Data and data sources should be identified in the proposal. <br /> 1.1.3 Information analysis: <br /> Analyze information collected from interviews and also conduct literature research to document <br /> network constraints reported by the stakeholders and past studies. <br /> 1.1.4 Discovery Deliverables: <br /> The consultant will document the findings of the Discovery Phase in a report that will be provided to <br /> the client project manager. We will also prepare and make a formal presentation summarizing the <br /> Discovery Phase findings to Decatur's leadership. <br /> 1.2 Phase 2—Design <br /> 1.2.1 Demand data collection: <br /> Consultants should describe their data collection methodology and a cross walk to demonstrate <br /> how data collected locally will supplement existing data sources the consultant will use to conduct <br /> the project. <br /> 1.2.2 Network capacity data collection: <br /> Consultants must demonstrate how they will analyze the freight network capacity data and evaluate <br /> planned network expansions contained in existing modal and long range transportation plans. <br /> State of Illinois <br /> INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANT AGREEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2018/3 15 17 <br /> Page 24 of 36 <br />