Bus Cleaning and Disinfecting Services

Miami-Dade County, through its Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW), is soliciting bids for nightly bus cleaning and disinfecting services under Invitation to Bid EVN0046649, with bids due December 2, 2026 and a mandatory site visit on November 12, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Central Bus Garage. The solicitation is set aside for Small Business Enterprises (SBE), and award goes to the lowest-priced responsive and responsible bidder who meets minimum requirements.

Services cover four garages: Northeast Bus Garage, Central Bus Garage, Coral Way Bus Garage, and South Dade Operation Center Garage. Nightly detail cleaning runs five nights per week and nightly disinfection seven nights per week, with daytime and field-location disinfection as needed. The estimated fleet is 849 buses, primarily 40-foot and 60-foot models. Minimum qualifications include two professional references from customers served within the past five years. The contractor must furnish all materials, supplies, equipment, and labor, maintain an emergency inventory of two weeks of supply (increasing to four weeks before hurricane season), and provide storage sheds at its own expense.

The contract term is 60 months, beginning the first day of the month after Board of County Commissioners approval, with no renewal options. Pricing is firm and fixed for each of the five contract years. Bidders submit separate prices for 40-foot and 60-foot bus cleaning, nightly disinfection hourly rates, VIP services, and as-needed services. Estimated annual volume is 23,478 cleanings of 40-foot buses, 3,822 cleanings of 60-foot buses, and 61,969 staff hours of nightly disinfection. Liquidated damages of $50 to $300 apply to non-compliance. Required insurance includes Commercial General Liability of $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate, Automobile Liability of $1 million combined single limit, and Worker's Compensation.

Bids must be submitted electronically through INFORMS at supplier.miamidade.gov, and bidders must acknowledge Miami-Dade's general terms and conditions (Version 26-3) before award. The procurement contact is Tellise Marrast, Procurement Contracting Officer, Strategic Procurement Department. Recorded eSupplier workshops and bid submission job aids are available.