BUS020117D

The state and local contracting opportunity is for the procurement of school buses and related services by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The Scope of Work requests bids for the provision of various sizes and configurations of school buses, including 72-passenger conventional buses, 84-passenger conventional buses, and 42-passenger transit-style buses, for a 3-year contract term with the option to renew for up to 2 additional 1-year periods. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, and pricing is required to be firm, fixed-price. A pre-bid conference is scheduled prior to the submission deadline of February 23, 2017.

The solicitation includes small and minority-owned business set-asides, and the current incumbent contractor is ABC School Bus Company, which has held the contract for the past five years. The total estimated value of the contract over the five-year potential term is $75 million, and the project will be funded through a combination of state and local education funds.