2026 Fleet Purchase

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is issuing an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for its 2026 Fleet Purchase (Project No. 2026-016), a comprehensive municipal vehicle acquisition spanning Allegheny County and Philadelphia City in Pennsylvania. The procurement requests bids for multiple specialized fleet vehicles with detailed specifications provided in Attachments 9-18, including Ford F150 SuperCabs with tonneau covers, Ford F250 SuperCabs with manhole winch systems, Ford Escape Hybrid AWD vehicles, Ford Transit CCTV inspection units, Ford Transit plumber vans, Ford F350 valve trucks with arrowboards, John Deere 320 backhoes or equivalents, large Freightliner 114SD crane trucks, Freightliner M2-106 tandem dump trucks, and RAM 3500 chassis vehicles with integrated compressors and generators. All vehicles must be new, of good quality, and free from defects, with full manufacturer warranties provided; defective vehicles may be rejected and returned at vendor expense for full refund or replacement. Required vendor qualifications include audited financial statements, three applicable references, and professional experience with comparable vehicle types and contract values; comprehensive general liability insurance with minimum $2,000,000 aggregate limits and comprehensive automobile liability insurance with $1,000,000 per occurrence limits are mandatory. Bids must be submitted electronically via the Bonfire procurement portal at https://pgh2o.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/220590 by February 26, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. EST, with no late bids accepted; questions must be submitted by February 19, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. EST through the same platform. Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible vendor by line item or group of line items at Pittsburgh Water's discretion, with all pricing submitted on an F.O.B. Destination, all-inclusive basis without Pennsylvania Sales or Use Tax; bid proposals must remain firm for 60 calendar days from the bid due date. Deliveries are to be made on regular working days between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to Justin Fauss at 90 Eazor Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, with advance notice required.

Pittsburgh Water's Supplier Diversity Program encourages participation from Minority Business Enterprises, Women Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises, Veteran Business Enterprises, Disability-Owned Business Enterprises, and LGBT Business Enterprises, with a current goal of ten to twenty-five percent participation; vendors unable to meet the ten percent minimum must submit a Good Faith Effort Waiver Request Form documenting outreach efforts to disadvantaged businesses. All qualified disadvantaged businesses must hold current certifications from recognized agencies including the Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Pennsylvania Department of General Services, National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, WBENC, and the National Minority Supplier Diversity Council; self-certifications are not accepted. Bidders must submit required documentation including a completed Vendor Contact Info questionnaire, debarment certification under Pittsburgh Code Section 161.22(f), supplier diversity documentation with SDP Commitment Form, addenda acknowledgment form, environmental law compliance statement, signature page, completed Schedule of Prices bid table, and optional Statement of Affiliation and Reference Form, all submitted as PDFs or Excel files through the Bonfire portal with a maximum file size of 1,000 MB per upload. Steel products must be made in the United States unless proven unavailable in sufficient quantities, certified via affidavit, and all bids must be submitted without Pennsylvania Sales or Use Tax. No specific contract value or budget range is disclosed in the procurement documents; protests of award must be submitted within ten business days of public notice, and the contract term commences upon execution and remains in effect until all vehicle(s) are delivered to Pittsburgh Water.