Public Transportation Services

The City of Indianapolis and Marion County Department of Parks and Recreation is requesting bids for public transportation services under RFB-17DPR-348, with bids due July 23, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. and a question submission deadline of July 12, 2026.

The scope covers bus and charter transportation for youth and adult participants in Indy Parks programs, including summer day camp field trips, sporting events, and school-year activities. Contractors must provide hourly rates for bus transportation and aide/attendant services, with a mandatory two-hour minimum billing period and subsequent invoicing in fifteen-minute increments. All services are anticipated to be performed within Marion County. Other City departments and agencies may utilize the resulting contract under identical pricing and conditions.

Contractors must submit documentation including a U.S. Manufactured Products Preference Certification, Bid Acknowledgement Form, Affidavit of Non-Collusion, MBE-WBE-VBE-DOBE certification, and an Exception Sheet. No bid bonds or performance bonds are required. All drivers and attendants must possess expanded background checks, current physicals, state certifications, and clean sexual predator reports; contractors must maintain current insurance certificates and appropriate Indiana business licenses.

The contract term is three years effective from execution, with pricing through July 31, 2030 across four annual periods. The City reserves the right to renew by mutual agreement, provided renewal terms do not exceed the original three-year duration. All pricing must remain firm for the first contract year; an escalator clause allowing up to five percent increases may be invoked thereafter based on documented cost increases. The incumbent contractor is Miller Transportation Bus Service under Contract 16100.

Pricing quotes must be in U.S. dollars and include all delivery and freight charges. Contact Buyer Ryan Cox at (317) 327-4850.