Intent: The Kansas Department of Transportation, on behalf of Kansas Unified School Districts (USD’s) and Interlocal Cooperative Agreements (ICA’s), is accepting sealed bids for the procurement of new, latest model school and activity buses in the following styles: Conventional Transit Front Engine Transit Rear Engine A and A II A Ford Transit Ram Low Floor FWD EV Conventional EV Transit EV A and A-II Scope: The Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Department of Education have partnered to develop a contract utilizing a bus procurement software program containing specifications for base bus requirements and options to offer cooperative and collective purchasing power to Kansas USD’s and ICA’s for the purchase of school and activity buses. Using the web-based bus procurement software program, USD’s and ICA’s wishing to purchase buses may create detailed bus specifications, electronically compare pricing on various buses from all participating vendors, and create purchase orders. Bus Specifications: All buses are required to meet: current National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures, all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS’s), and all applicable State and Federal Laws Bus specifications shall be as stated in this IFB document and the bus bidding software combined. Base Bus Specifications: Vendors must meet all base bus specifications. For instance, if 3M Scotchlite Diamond Grade Reflective Tape is specified, every vendor must supply this item as specified. This applies to everything in the base bus specifications. By responding to this invitation to bid, each vendor hereby certifies that it meets ALL of the base bus specifications outlined in this invitation for bid.
