NOTICE TO PROPOSERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Modesto, County of Stanislaus, State of California, will receive at the City Clerk’s office, 1010 Tenth Street, Suite 6600, Modesto, CA 95354 sealed proposals for a four Year contract, with two, two year extension options to provide drivers, driver training and supervision, customer service and interior bus cleaning for Modesto’s fixed-route public transit system. The City will provide, maintain and fuel vehicles, the vehicle equipment and will provide facilities for Contractor’s use.
Proposals shall be submitted on the proposal sheet provided in the RFP, which can be downloaded from the City’s Purchasing website at such proposals shall include all items required by the RFP.
Each proposal shall be sealed and filed with the City Clerk’s office, 1010 Tenth Street, Suite 6600, Modesto, CA 95354 no later than Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 11:00 A.M., at which time proposals will be opened, read and recorded. All proposals shall be available for review following City Council award approval at the Purchasing Division, 1010 Tenth Street, 5th Floor, Suite 5300, Modesto, CA 95354.Proposals will be received only at the address shown above, and prior to the time indicated. Any proposal received at or after said time and/or date, or at a place other than the stated address cannot be considered.
All proposals, whether delivered by an employee of the proposer, U.S. Postal Service, courier or package delivery service must be received and time stamped at the stated address prior to the time designated. The City Clerk’s time stamp shall be considered the official timepiece for the purpose of establishing the actual receipt of proposals. The City of Modesto assumes no responsibility for delay in the delivery of the proposal.
On the outside of both the proposal envelope and courier envelope the proposer shall indicate the following:
NAME AND ADDRESS OF PROPOSER
RFP 1617-05 TRANSIT OPERATIONS CONTRACT
JANURAY 10, 2017 – 11:00AM
MAIL TO:CITY CLERKCOURIER TO:CITY CLERK
CITY OF MODESTOCITY OF MODESTO
P.O. BOX 6421010 10TH STREET,
MODESTO, CA95353SUITE 6600
MODESTO, CA 95354
The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or to waive any informalities or minor irregularities in a proposal. No proposer may withdraw his/her proposal for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days after the date set for the opening thereof.
A pre-proposal conference is scheduled for November 3, 2016. Details are included in the RFP.