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TABULATION OF BIDS <br /> BID OPENING: MAY 19, 2000 <br /> - PURCHASE OF THIRTEEN (13) BUSES - <br /> Description: Sealed bids were requested for furnishing the City of Decatur, Illinois, with the <br /> following vehicles: thirteen(13) , diesel powered, heavy duty, thirty foot(30'), low floor transit <br /> coaches. <br /> The required notices were placed in the Herald & Review and in a national, transit-related <br /> publication. Notices were also mailed to 37 known manufacturers and dealers of this type of <br /> vehicle. The formal bid opening was held on May 19, 2000. <br /> Five firms responded by the appointed time for bid opening. The following table shows the bids <br /> of each company: <br /> BID FOR BID FOR BID FOR TOTAL <br /> BIDDER �E�9)BUSES FOUR(4)BUSES POWER TRAIN BID <br /> OPTIONAL OPTIONAL <br /> Champion Bus,Inc. No Bid <br /> New Flyer of America No Bid <br /> Orion Bus Industries No Bid <br /> "Alternate"bid: "Alternate"bid: "Alternate"bid: <br /> Chicago Bus Sales $1,979,910.00 $879,960.00 No bid $2�g59,870.00 <br /> Gillig Corporation $2,148,219.00 $973,860.00 $49,631.00 $3,171,710.00 <br /> Three manufacturers submitted letters of regrets and no bid. One firm (Chicago Bus Sales) <br /> submitted a bid as an"alternate", since that manufacturer"would have to take many exceptions <br /> to your(Decatur's) specifications." Chicago Bus Sales failed to submit any of the supporting <br /> documents and certifications required by FTA. That bid is not considered to be a responsive bid, <br /> and must be disregarded. Only one firm, the Gillig Corporation, submitted a bid that meets all of <br /> the vehicle specifications, and meets all of the other requirements of the bidding process. <br /> __ '_.� � -�� <br /> ass Transit Administrat r <br /> May 19, 2000 <br />