school bus bids

[fred]

went to nyc doe website and found out that the  bids for the work that affect us are now going to be october 31,2014 instead of august 1, 2014. This sounds like good news for us.

[Grrr]

Can you give us a link?

[worker341]

Just a stall job it gives other Companies more time to get some new buses and plenty of time to get all their shit in order. We may start out with the same amount of work, However if the bids go out without some kind of Epp in there we may all be fucked. Hope Epp is in before bids go out, keep your fingers crossed.

[Buzz]

Hope Epp is in before bids go out ...

Don't tell anybody, but that's the reason they keep postponing it. Shhhhh.

[Grrr]

BID TITLE: Transportation Services for Students with Disabilities and Their Non-Disabled Peers

BID NUMBER: B2394

BID DUE DATE & TIME:  *NEW! *NEW! October 31, 2014 by 4:00 P.M at 65 Court St., Room 1201, Brooklyn, NY 11201

BID OPENING DATE & TIME: *NEW! *NEW! (Tentative) November 5 and November 6, 2014 at 11:00 AM  at the School Construction Authority - Atrium, 30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City New York, 11101


Pre-Bid Conference:  December 17, 2013 @ 1:30PM School Construction Authority 30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City NY 11101, 5th floor conference rooms

Space for attendance at the conference is limited to 3 people per company. Please email the names, titles, company name and address of attendees to: WinterBusBidB2394@schools.nyc.gov


This Request for Bids (RFB) is to provide School Bus Transportation for school age students with disabilities and other riders citywide. The Office of Pupil Transportation is seeking bids for approximately 4,000 vehicles to provide safe, reliable and efficient transportation services to students. It is anticipated that service will begin for the 2015-2016 school year on or about September 1, 2015. This RFB will result in multiple 5-year requirements contracts.

This RFB is for the transportation between the homes and/or stops and schools of city residents with disabilities and other riders between five and twenty-one years of age attending Educational Programs located within the greater metropolitan area (i.e., the five boroughs of New York City; Westchester, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York; sites in New Jersey; and, sites in Connecticut so long as they are within a 50 mile radius of the City's boundaries). In addition, this RFB is intended to cover the Board of Education's requirements for transportation between residential treatment facilities and schools, between schools (within and outside of the City) and field trip destinations (within the City only), from after school programs to home or alternative afternoon drop-off locations, and for such other uses as provided herein. With the 2015-2016 School Year, the DOE intends to construct routes to be performed under this (and other) contract(s) based on a wide variety of students being transported on each vehicle. Accordingly, it is anticipated that any vehicle under this contract might transport any combination of students (students with disabilities whose Educational Programs may or may not designate specific transportation requirements as well as non-disabled students).

Login to the Vendor Portal to download BID B2394

If you cannot download this BID, please send an e-mail to VendorHotline@schools.nyc.gov with the BID Number and title in the subject line of your e-mail. For all questions related to this BID, please send an e-mail to WinterBusBidB2394@schools.nyc.gov  with the BID Number and title in the subject line of your e-mail.

Thanks, Fred.

[sbdriver1]

Is it a coincidence that the bids are in October around the same time the senate comes back to vote on the EPP?