Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council & Ohio Mid-Eastern

SOUTHWESTERN OHIO EDUCATIONAL PURCHASING COUNCIL & OHIO MID-EASTERN REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY LEGAL NOTICE Sealed proposals will be received for approximately 123 (one-hundred and twenty-three) or more school buses by the Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council and the Ohio Mid-Eastern Regional Educational Service Agency on behalf of 59 (fifty-nine) member School Boards of Education and all members of the Southwestern Ohio EPC and Ohio Mid-Eastern Regional Educational Service Agency at the office of the EPC, 303 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 208, Vandalia, Ohio 45377, until 1:00 p.m. EDST, Friday, October 30, 2020 and will be publicly opened and recorded thereafter. No bid shall be permitted to be withdrawn without the express approval of the EPC except as provided under the Ohio Revised Code and said bid shall be firm for seventy-five days (75) from date received. All bids and the EPC/OMERESA Cooperative School Bus Program evaluations will be electronically sent to each participating member Boards of Education that will then review and accept or reject their desired bids. Separate and independent bids will be received with respect to the integrated units and will state that the buses when assembled and prior to delivery, shall comply with all participating member school district specifications, all safety regulations and current Ohio minimum standards for school bus construction as per the department of education adopted by and with the consent of the director of highway safety pursuant to section 4511.01 of the Ohio Revised Code and all other pertinent provisions of law for the following school bus chassis and bodies: 1 or more 54 Passenger Conventional 6 or more 48 Passenger Handicapped 6 or More 72 Passenger Transit 1 or more 65 Passenger Conventional 7 or More 65 Passenger Handicapped 7 or More 77 Passenger Transit 40 or More 72 Passenger Conventional 1 or More 71 Passenger Handicapped 21 or more 84 Passenger Transit 30 or More 78 Passenger Conventional 9 or More 72 Passenger Handicapped 1 or More 84 Passenger Conventional 1 or more 10 Passenger Type A 1 or more 14 Passenger Type A Instructions to bidders and specifications for the above bus units may be requested via email at Robin.Houston@epcschools.org on behalf of the Boards of Education of the following participating member school districts: Anna Local Schools Coshocton City Schools Martins Ferry City Schools Riverside Local Schools Bath Local Schools Crestview Local Schools Miami East Local Schools Shawnee Local Schools Beaver Local Schools Eaton Community Schools Miamisburg City Schools Sidney City Schools Bellefontaine City Schools Edgewood City Schools Miller City-New Cleveland Schools Springfield City Schools Blanchester Local Schools Felicity Franklin Schools Milton Union Ex Village Schools St Henry Consolidated Schools Bluffton Ex Vlg Schools Forest Hills Local Schools Mississinawa Valley Local Schools St Marys City Schools Botkins Local Schools Franklin City Schools National Trail Local Schools Sycamore Community Schools Brookville Local Schools Graham Local Schools New Bremen Local Schools Tecumseh Local Schools Caldwell Ex Vlg Schools Greenon Local Schools New Lebanon Local Schools Tipp City Ex Village Schools Celina City Schools Greenville City Schools Noble Local Schools Triad Local Schools Centerville City Schools Hardin Houston Local Schools Northeastern Local Schools Tri-Village Local Schools Clark Shawnee Local Schools Hillsboro City Schools Northmont City Schools Troy City Schools Coldwater Ex Vlg Schools Jennings Local Schools Perry Local Schools Tuscarawas Valley Local Schools Columbus Grove Local Schools Lynchburg Clay Local Schools Piqua City Schools Versailles Ex Vlg Schools Continental Local Schools Marion Local Schools River View Local Schools The EPC, OMERESA and participating member Boards of Education reserve the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Each participating member Board of Education shall accept or reject and contract directly with the supplier as per specifications as provided and selected by said member Board of Education. Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council Stephanie Zinger, EPC Treasurer 8-28, 9-4/2020