Utah Public Procurement Place U3P #UDOT270090MP

UDOT solicitation for daily intercity bus operations on two rural Utah corridors

UDOT is seeking operators for two year-round rural Utah intercity bus corridors, with accessible daily service and connections to the national bus network. - Government buyer: Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), Rural Public Transit Team, State of Utah. - Services requested: Turnkey intercity bus operations on two corridors; offerors may propose for either or both. - Blanding corridor: Blanding–Monticello–Moab–Green River on U.S. Routes 191 and 6, with connections to Provo and Salt Lake City’s Intermodal Center. Minimum one round trip daily, seven days a week, including holidays. - Vernal corridor: Vernal–Roosevelt–Myton–Heber City on U.S. Route 40, with connections to Salt Lake City’s Intermodal Center. Minimum one round trip daily, seven days a week, including holidays. - Service requirements: Year-round fixed-route operations, passenger baggage carriage, accessible vehicles, interline ticketing, and meaningful connections to the national intercity bus network. Reimbursement is based on actual miles operated at the awarded per-mile rate, less fare revenue. - Notable requirements and named systems: Vehicles must include multi-channel digital camera surveillance. For route segments exceeding two hours, operators must provide an operational onboard lavatory or pre-approved accessible restroom stops. Operators must publish schedule information through Google Transit and provide GTFS and GTFS-Realtime feeds. Participation in the National Bus Traffic Association (NBTA) revenue-clearinghouse and interline network is required. Safety, maintenance, customer information, reporting, data-sharing, marketing, and survey responsibilities also apply. - OEMs and vendors: No vehicle manufacturer, vehicle make or model, part number, or named bus operator is specified. Google Transit and NBTA are named systems/organizations, not vehicle OEMs. - Quantities: Two service corridors; one round trip per day is required on each. No vehicle count is specified.

Description

The Utah Department of Transportation, Procurement Services, seeks proposals from qualified firms to operate intercity bus service on two Utah corridors: Blanding–Green River–Monticello–Moab, with connections to Provo and Salt Lake City, and Vernal–Roosevelt–Myton–Heber City, with connections to Salt Lake City. Offerors may propose for either corridor individually or both; UDOT may award the routes separately or jointly. The service is supported by federal funding for net operating expenses, and contractors must meet applicable federal and state requirements, including vehicle accessibility and service, reporting, and interline connection requirements. Proposals must be submitted through the bidding system by November 24, 2026, at 4:00 PM MST; attendance at the November 9, 2026 pre-proposal conference is mandatory.

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