Title: Third Party Operation of Transit Service For Jones County Transit

Deadline: 10/21/2019 4:00 PM   (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Status: Deadline Expired

Description:

The Jones County Board of Commissioners invites proposals for a service provider for the operation of its Section 5311 public transit service, JONES COUNTY TRANSIT, for a portion of a year period, with an option at the discretion of the Jones County Board of Commissioners to extend for four (4) additional years.  This public transit service is a federal and state subsidized service through 49 USC Section 5311, Federal Transit Administration Other than Urbanized Areas Transit Fund Program. Copies of the Request for Proposal (RFP) document may be obtained from www.jonescountyga.org.  They can also be requested as follows:

 

Jones County Board of Commissioners   

Attn: Jason Rizner, County Administrator

166 Industrial Blvd.

P.O. Box 1359

Gray, Ga. 31032

478-986-8219

Jason.rizner@jonescountyga.org

 

The Jones County Board of Commissioners seeks proposals from qualified firms or organizations (public, private, non-profit) with experience in all aspects of public transportation administration, planning, management, operations and vehicle maintenance, and coordination with County, County, regional, state, and federal agencies.

 

The RFP includes the Terms and Conditions and Technical Specification defining the requirements of the Jones County Transit Third Party Operator and identifies all significant evaluation factors, listed in descending order of importance.

 

An evaluation committee will consist of representatives with sufficient technical expertise to adequately address and evaluate proposals received. 

 

 The RFP is publicly advertised and issued to all requesters.

 

Proposers must submit proposals in two (2) parts.  The first part includes, but is not limited to technical and contractual proposal, including all required submittals.  The second part includes, but is not limited to proposed price and cost data, including all required submittals.  All information including the number and names of Proposers is kept confidential, within legal constraints. Each proposal part must be submitted in separate sealed envelopes and be clearly labeled as: Response to Transit RFP – Technical Proposal and Response to Transit RFP – Cost Proposal.

 

Technical proposals should identify any proposed substitution or additional features with an explanation of the benefits they offer the JONES COUNTY TRANSIT.  It is expected that the cost impact of these benefits will also be reflected in the cost proposal. Price quoted will be for a firm-fixed per service hour cost rate to cover the administrative cost and for the service hours that are generated by the service demand.   

 

This procurement shall conform to the procurement requirements of the Georgia State Purchasing Code, with emphasis on Sections 50-5-67 and 50-5-83.  

This procurement process shall also conform to the procurement requirements of the Federal Transit Administration’s Third Party Contracting Requirements Circular Number C.4220.1f.  Per C.4220.1f, this is procurement by competitive proposal/request for proposal.

 

Public opening of bid of proposals will be held at The Jones County Government Center, Charlotte C. Wilson Conference Room, 166 Industrial Blvd., Gray, Ga. 31032 on October 21, 2019 4 p.m. local time. The proposals will be distributed to the evaluation committee for review. BIDS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 4 P.M. ON October 21, 2019 to be considered.  Any written response to questions or changes in the RFP will be posted to the Jones County website (www.jonescountyga.org by 5 p. m. on October 15, 2019.

 

The evaluation committee will evaluate the formal proposals received and rank them in order of preference.  The evaluation committee may conduct interviews with those firms determined to be within the competitive range.

 

The Jones County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to award a contract on the basis of proposals submitted without negotiation, to reject any and/or all proposals, to re‑advertise for proposals and to waive any informality in any proposal and to determine the most responsive proposal by its own criteria, as described within the specification.

 

Discussions will not disclose information contained in competing proposals.

 

A final ranking of candidates will be made and interview and negotiations held with those proposers determined to be within the competitive range.

 

The Jones County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals, to waive minor irregularities or to select the proposal that is in the best interest of the Jones County Board of Commissioners.

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Documents:

Documents as of 9/16/2019
Jones County TPO RFP Template Revised 091019.pdf