Transit Drug and Alcohol Program Services

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and Missouri Highways Transportation Commission (MHTC) are issuing a Request for Proposal to procure comprehensive Transit Drug and Alcohol Program Services for a two-year contract period from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028, with options to extend for three additional one-year periods through June 30, 2031. The scope of services includes urine specimen collection, breath alcohol testing, laboratory analysis, Medical Review Officer (MRO) services, Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) services, consortium administration, training, and specimen shipping to support approximately 875 safety-sensitive employees across Missouri's 114 counties (750 mandatory FTA/FMCSA-regulated employees and 125 voluntary participants). Offerors must establish at least one collection site in each county, with flexibility to utilize out-of-county sites, mobile collection units, or on-site collections by certified collectors; testing will be conducted at a 50% random drug-testing rate with post-accident and reasonable-suspicion testing available on an after-hours basis. Pricing must be submitted as firm-fixed pricing on Exhibit 5 with uniform rates across all participating agencies, and no CPI-based or index-linked escalators are permitted for renewal period pricing increases. Proposals must be submitted electronically through MissouriBUYS by 2:00 PM Central Standard Time on June 11, 2026, with an addendum addressing thirty-seven clarifying questions posted on May 12, 2026. Required qualifications include proof of insurance coverage of $600,000 per occurrence/$4,000,000 aggregate for General Liability and Business Auto plus $1,000,000 employer's liability, out-of-state certificates from the Missouri Secretary of State, and compliance with all Federal Transit Administration regulations and nondiscrimination requirements.

No specific set-aside designations or restrictions limiting eligibility are indicated in the procurement documents; however, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation is required in accordance with 49 CFR Part 26. The current incumbent contractor, Western Pathology Consultants, Inc., holds the contract through June 30, 2026, and must cooperate in transitioning all consortium data, employee rosters, random-selection results, and FTA Drug and Alcohol Management Information System (MIS) data to the successful offeror. MoDOT will provide historical test-volume data, current employee-pool counts by category, and redacted samples of quarterly reports only to the successful offeror post-award. All subrecipients must comply with comprehensive Federal Transit Administration requirements, including nondiscrimination provisions, Equal Employment Opportunity standards, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, and debarment verification through the System for Award Management (SAM). Contract performance must be fully operational by July 1, 2026, representing a tight nineteen-day transition window from the proposal deadline. Specific contract award values or budget ranges are not disclosed in the available solicitation documents.