Madison County Transit, One Transit Way, P.O. Box 7500, Granite City, IL 62040-7500

23 -- PASSENGER COMMUTER VANS Qualified vendors are invited to submit sealed bids for up to 120 Factory and/or Converted Passenger Commuter Vans to the Madison County Transit District (MCT) no later than Thursday, April 20, 1995, at 4:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time (CDT), at which time they will be opened and read aloud. A bid package and specifications are available by contacting LaVetta Berry at (618)874-7433. The bids must be mailed to the attention of MCT's Managing Director at the following address: One Transit Way, P.O. Box 7500, Granite City, Illinois 62040, no later than the time and date specified in order to be considered. Bids received after this time will be returned unopened, and will not be considered. Telegraphic of fax submissions will not be considered. The bidder accepts all risks of late delivery of mailed bids or of misdelivery, regardless of fault. No technical assistance will be given by MCT to any bidder in preparation of its bid. A pre-bid conference will be held on Wednesday, April 5, 1995, at 10:00 A.M. CDT in the conference room at MCT's offices located on One Transit Way, Granite City, Illinois, 62040. All bidders are strongly encouraged to attend. Prospective bidders may submit written questions in advance to be answered at the pre-bid conference. Any explanation desired by a bidder regarding the meaning or interpretation of the IFB, vehicle specifications or other portions of the IFB, must be requested in writing and received by the Managing Director of the DISTRICT not later than 4:00 P.M. CDT on Monday, April 3, 1995. Any information given to a prospective bidder in this manner will be similarly furnished to all known prospective bidders in the form of an addendum to this IFB, but only if the lack of such information could reasonably be considered prejudicial towards uninformed bidders. This invitation is not to be construed as a commitment of any kind on the part of MCT, nor does it commit MCT to pay for any costs incurred in the submission of a bid package, nor for any costs incurred prior to the execution of a formal Contract. MCT assumes no liability for the use or disclosure of technical or cost data submitted by any bidder. MCT reserves the right to postpone the date and time for submitting and opening bids by announcing same at any time prior to the date and time announced in these documents. MCT further reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or any portion of a bid, for any reason whatsoever. This purchase of vans is made with funds provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ). (075)

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