ITP_Cost_Detail_Form_Expanded_GROUP34.xlsx

This is an expanded cost detail form for Group 34 Fixed Route Bus Services submitted to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver, Colorado. RTD is procuring fixed route bus services across the Denver metropolitan area, including routes in Boulder, Longmont, and surrounding communities, with a service start date of January 10, 2026. The initial contract period is three years, with two additional one-year option periods available. A pre-proposal briefing is scheduled for May 21, 2025, with proposal submissions due on June 17, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. local time. The final selection is anticipated by July 28, 2025. The contract covers operating and maintaining RTD-owned vehicles and is awarded on a "best value" competitive proposal basis.

The pricing proposal details a comprehensive cost structure broken into fixed and variable components across a five-year period (Start-up Year 1 through Year 5), with projected annual revenue hours increasing from 165,060 in Year 1 to 189,382 in Year 5, totaling 890,366 revenue hours over the contract term. Fixed costs encompass dispatch and supervisor wages, management and clerical staff, maintenance personnel, facility lease/depreciation, operating expenses, and insurance, while variable costs include operator wages and fringes, parts and materials, and operator expenses. The pricing form provides line-item detail for supervisory fringes, staff fringes, maintenance fringes, depreciation, and support services overhead, with calculations for both fixed cost per month and variable cost per revenue hour. The contract includes a 5% Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation goal, and fuel and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) expenses will be reimbursed separately from the base service costs.