Bus Shelter Purchase

The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) seeks bids from qualified manufacturers or authorized distributors for the purchase and delivery of forty (40) new transit passenger shelters and an inventory of replacement parts to support ongoing maintenance and repair needs throughout TARTA's service area.  These new shelters will be used to continue and finalize the replacement of current bus shelter inventory, which is 50+ years old.

Please make sure to submit manufacturer/material lists showing where shelters and parts are manufactured.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 2026-REQ-062
• Department: Planning
• Department Head: Susan Gettum (Chief Planning & Program Officer)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-07-17T19:00:00.000Z
• Answers Posted By: 2026-07-24T19:00:00.000Z
• Pre-Proposal Meeting: 2026-07-09T17:00:00.000Z — Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/279006052504186?p=yE1KkLAepMkwwDjkVX Meeting ID: 279 006 052 504 186 Passcode: Nx2fc7KF

Evaluation Criteria

• Overall Cost (35 pts)
• Delivery Schedule & Logistics (25 pts)
• Ability To Meet TARTA Shelter Standards (25 pts)
• Replacement Parts Accessibility & Warranty Coverage (15 pts)

Submission Requirements

• Proposal Documents (required) —

  Please upload your COMPLETE Proposal here, which includes the following:

  1. Completed Bid
  2. Lobbying Certificate
  3. Non-Collusion Declaration
• Proposal (without Cost Proposal) (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here. Upload fee proposal separately in the next step.

• Separate Cost Proposal (required) —

  Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified cashier’s check, or bid bond, in the amount of XXXXXof the total bid price, payable toToledo Area Regional Transit Authority, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement. The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 days from the date of the bid opening.

  Please scan and upload a copy of your bid bond/cashier's check. Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee with a postmarked date no later thanFriday, July 31, 2026 addressed to:

  Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority
  Zach Morrison
  1127 West Central Ave.
  Toledo,OH43610

  Please have the Bidder Name, Contract Title ("Bus Shelter Purchase"), and Contract Number ("2026-REQ-062") listed clearly on the outside of the envelope.

• Contract Execution, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, and Certificate(s) of Insurance (required) —

  The contract shall be executed by the successful bidder and shall be returned, together with the Payment Bond, Performance Bond and Certificate(s) of Insurance to Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority so that it is received within 14 working daysafter the bidder has received the contract for execution. Failure to do so shall be just cause for forfeiture of the proposal guaranty.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Will this solicitation require a bid bond?

• Electronic Pricing Table (required) —

  Would you like to have bidders respond to an electronic pricing table through OpenGov?

  Some examples of of when to say "yes":

  1. This is a quote for goods or commodities
  2. This is a public works bid, with a pricing table that can be uploaded into OpenGov from an excel spreadsheet
  3. Seeking services for hourly rate schedules
• Separate Fee Proposal Upload (required) —

  If you are NOT using the Electronic Pricing Table option, will you want your bidder to separate a Price Proposal from the rest of their Response? You'll want to do this if you open your bids initially WITHOUT showing price, and then come back in after a technical evaluation to unseal pricing later.

• Evaluation Committee? (required) —

  Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?