NOTICE:  Pricing Information in Responses to Requests for Proposals

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), Division of Professional Services, is providing notice to all consulting firms regarding the inclusion of hourly rates, pricing, and all other compensation information in responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs).

KYTC procures engineering and engineering-related professional services through a Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) process consistent with the Federal Brooks Act or 1972 (23 CFR §​ 172.7), applicable state and federal requirements (KRS 45A and 600 KAR Chapter 6)​, and KYTC Professional Services procedures. Under this process, consultants are evaluated and ranked based upon the qualifications and evaluation factors established in the applicable RFP, rather than on price or cost.

Accordingly, hourly rates, billing rates, labor rates, fee schedules, cost proposals, overhead rates, or any other pricing or compensation information shall not be included within a consultant's Response to Announcement.

In procurements where KYTC specifically requests hourly rates or other pricing information, that information must be submitted separately through the designated document upload within the Professional Services portal, as instructed in the applicable RFP or Procurement Bulletin. Requested pricing information shall not be incorporated into, attached to, or otherwise included as part of the consultant's Response to Announcement.

Any Response to Announcement containing hourly rates, pricing, or other compensation information will be deemed non-compliant and not to be considered by the KYTC Selection Committee.​

Consultants are responsible for carefully reviewing the applicable RFP, Procurement Bulletin, Electronic Response Instructions, and all other submission requirements prior to filing their response.

This requirement is intended to maintain the integrity of KYTC's qualifications-based consultant selection process and to ensure that pricing information remains separate from the evaluation and ranking of consultant responses.