LBB_Template_PRINT_Cover_December_2024.pdf

This file is a transit guide cover and recruiting material for the City of Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus system in California. The document serves as a public-facing schedule book and promotional tool, effective from December 15, 2024, through April 5, 2025. The related contract opportunity indicates the City is seeking a qualified print vendor to provide Big Blue Bus schedule books and system maps under a firm-fixed contract with a five-year term. The document itself functions as the deliverable product that would result from this printing services contract, displaying the Little Blue Book transit guide with route information, service details, and promotional content.

The cover includes recruitment messaging for bus driver positions with a starting pay of $27.05 per hour, highlighting benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, pension and deferred compensation plans, paid leave, and dependent and childcare assistance following an eight-week paid training program. The document promotes mobile ticketing capabilities and digital access through bigbluebus.com, reflecting the City's stated objective of creating a better riding experience with safer, more convenient service. No specific pricing, set-asides, or funding source information is provided in this cover document, as it represents the marketing and informational output rather than the contract terms and conditions.