SECTION 1: PUBLIC NOTICE: REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR BUS CLEANING, FUELING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES
The Interurban Transit Partnership (ITP) is accepting proposals for the Cleaning, Fueling, Disinfecting, and Maintenance Services performed at The Rapid Operations Center (ROC) located at 333 Wealthy St., Laker Line Operations Center (LLOC) SW, 851 Freeman Ave., and 1200 Market Ave, SW Grand Rapids, MI. The contract for these services will include:
• Nightly bus fueling, servicing, cleaning, and washing inside and out.
• Administration service vehicles, pool vehicles and equipment fueling, servicing, cleaning, and washing inside and out.
• Vehicle disinfecting services
• Miscellaneous janitorial services.
Proposals are due Monday, October 11, 2021 by 2 PM Eastern Daylight Time. ITP has joined the Michigan Inter-governmental Trade Network (MITN). This group of agencies has joined forces to create a regional bid notification system to notify companies of new bid opportunities. Register with MITN here. All documents and submittals will be processed through MITN. You can view listings of current solicitations as well as contract award information. To download bids, proposals, or formal quote documents and addenda as well as receive email notifications, you must complete a brief online registration process. There are no fees related to registration on this site.
Proposals shall be subject to all applicable State and Federal laws and subject to financial assistance contracts between the ITP Board and the United States Department of Transportation under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, and the Michigan Department of Transportation. The selected contractor(s) will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. All proposers will be required to certify that they are not on the Comptroller General’s list of ineligible contractors.
The ITP Board hereby notifies all proposers that it will affirmatively insure, in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, that Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to this Request for Proposal and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, color, sex, handicap, or national origin, in consideration for an award.
The ITP Board reserves the right to postpone, accept, or reject any and all proposals in whole or in part on such basis as the ITP Board deems to be in its interest to do so, subject to the rules and regulations set forth by the Federal Transit Administration and the Michigan Department of Transportation.
No proposal may be withdrawn for at least sixty (60) days after the scheduled closing time of the proposals. A digital copy of the proposal must be submitted through MITN. (Link provided above). Please submit your bid with all information in the order requested.
Kevin Wisselink
Procurement and Capital Planning Director
Interurban Transit Partnership
300 Ellsworth Ave. SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616.774-1190
kwisselink@ridetherapid.org
