PIERCE TRANSIT

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS # E2444

For Market Research

Pierce Transit is seeking proposals from firms qualified and interested in providing research services. Including, surveys, tabulation, analysis and report writing, as well as focus group facilitation to assess Pierce Transit’s services. Possible research needs include data collection of current and potential transit riders and the general public. All research projects will be assigned by task orders as needed. Pierce Transit reserves the right to solicit and contract with other market research firms. The firm awarded this contract should not construe this award as an exclusive agreement.

Pierce Transit is a municipal corporation formed under authority of Chapter 36.57A of the Revised Code of Washington. Founded in 1979, Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (Pierce Transit) is a nationally recognized leader in the public transportation industry. Pierce Transit covers 292 square miles of Pierce County with roughly seventy percent (70%) of the county population. Serving Washington’s second largest county, Pierce Transit provides four types of service, Fixed Route, SHUTTLE Paratransit, Rideshare and Runner that help get passengers to jobs, schools and appointments.

Request for Proposals documents are available on-line through Builders Exchange of Washington, Inc. at http://www.bxwa.com. Click on: “Posted Projects”; “Goods and Services”, “Pierce Transit”, and “Projects Bidding”. Bidders are encouraged to “Register as a Bidder”, in order to receive automatic email notification of future addenda and to be placed on the “Bidders List”. This service is provided free of charge to Prime Bidders, Subcontractors, & Vendors bidding this project. This online plan center provides bidders with fully usable online documents, including time saving on-line digitizer/take-off tools; automatic addenda notification; viewing and or printing plans, details, & specifications at your own desk top printer, plotter, or from multiple reprographic houses utilizing on-line print order form. Contact Builders Exchange of Washington at 425-258-1303 should you require further assistance.

No pre-proposal meeting will be held for this opportunity. Proposals will be accepted until 4:00 P.M. Friday, January 30, 2026 and shall be emailed to Community_Development_Department.E2444_Proposals@docs-us3.e-builder.net.

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January 16, 2026