Notice of Intent to Award Without Engaging in a Standard Procurement Process - Overnight Charter Bus Services - Cottonwood HS Performing Arts - SLC to Southern CA
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- Solicitation number
- DK26-00-SS
- State
- Utah
- Responses due
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Granite School District is seeking overnight charter bus services for Cottonwood High School's Performing Arts program, specifically for transportation from Salt Lake City to Southern California. The procurement is being conducted under a Notice of Intent to Award without engaging in a standard procurement process, as permitted by Utah Code Part 63G-6a and Utah Administrative Code R33-108. The solicitation is not a traditional request for quotes, bids, or proposals, and no action is required from vendors who agree with the notice. Vendors who believe they can provide comparable or superior services must submit a detailed challenge via email to Jared Gardner at jbgardner@graniteschools.org before the event close date of January 5, 2026. Challengers must provide documentation demonstrating their ability to meet or exceed the procurement specifications, including proof of comparable service capabilities and a cost comparison of transitional expenses.
The procurement opportunity appears to be open to all qualified vendors without specific set-aside designations or enterprise restrictions. The school district is exercising its discretion to award the contract based on criteria including single-source availability, minimal transitional costs, or circumstances that make standard procurement processes impractical. While specific budget ranges are not disclosed, the procurement is focused on obtaining overnight charter bus services for a high school performing arts group. Potential vendors must be capable of providing safe, reliable transportation from Salt Lake City to Southern California, with the ability to meet the specific logistical and performance requirements of a student performing arts group. The procurement process allows for vendor challenges, requiring comprehensive documentation of service capabilities and cost-effectiveness to be considered as an alternative to the intended awardee.
Opportunity text
Issuing and Conducting Procurement Unit: Granite School District In accordance with Utah Code Part 63G-6a Part 8 and Utah Administrative Code R33-108, this is a notice of intent to award without engaging in a standard procurement process. It is not a request for quotes, bids or proposals. DO NOT submit questions, bids, no-bids or other information in this system. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS NOTICE. If there are any other qualified vendors that meet the specifications of this notice, any such vendor must submit the following information via email only to Jared Gardner at jbgardner@graniteschools.org prior to the event close date. The name of the contesting vendor and contact person; and a detailed explanation of the challenge, including documentation showing that there are other competing sources for the procurement item. In addition, a vendor must include: Documentation that the vendor can provide a comparable or better procurement item that meets or exceeds the specifications; documentation that the vendor can also provide the same proprietary procurement item or an equivalent procurement item; and if transitional costs are identified as the justification for this notice, submit a cost comparison of the identified transitional costs with the vendor's anticipated transitional costs. NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD WITHOUT ENGAGING IN A STANDARD PROCUREMENT PROCESS The Utah Procurement Code provides that a purchase may be made without engaging in a standard procurement process if it can be determined in writing that: there is only one source for the procurement item; transitional costs are a significant consideration in selecting a procurement item; or the award of a contract is under circumstances, described in rules adopted by the applicable rule making authority, that make awarding the contract through a standard procurement process impractical and not in the best interest of the procurement unit. Granite School District Purchasing Department has received a request to make the following award without engaging in a standard procurement process: Requesting School/Department: Cottonwood HS Product and/or service to be purchased: Overnight Charter Bus Services - Cottonwood HS Performing Arts - SLC to Southern CA - Four coaches to be provided. Earliest date purchase may occur: January 7, 2026 Proposed Supplier: Teton Stage Lines Justification: There is only one source for the procurement item. Granite School District is unable to locate another charter bus company within 4 hours of Salt Lake City, UT that is willing to provide overnight charter bus services. Length of notice: One time purchase - dates of travel 3/20/26 to 3/25/26. Anticipated expenditure: $71,592.00
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