GNHTD RFP 04-2026 Paratransit Software

Request for Proposals

GNHTD RFP 04-2026 Paratransit Software

The Greater New Haven Transit District (GNHTD or “the District”) is seeking Proposals from qualified, responsive and responsible companies, for the deployment of demand-response Paratransit Software. The Scope of Work (SOW) and required specifications are outlined in the Request for Proposals (RFP). The successful Proposer shall meet the terms and conditions set forth in the RFP document and its attachments.

The Proposer (“Contractor”) must be a person or firm that regularly provides/performs these services as outlined herein and must have the necessary capabilities, equipment, personnel, training, and experience to successfully perform this contract. The term of the Agreement for this contracted service will be five years.

Any contract resulting from this Request for Proposals is subject in part to financial assistance contracts between the District and the Federal Transit Administration and the District and the Connecticut Department of Transportation. All Proposers/Bidders will be required to certify that they are not on the Comptroller General's list of ineligible firms. Further, the firm will be required to comply with all applicable Federal and State required contract clauses as well as applicable equal employment opportunity laws and regulations.

The District, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. GNHTD has not applied a specific DBE Goal to this project. It is GNHTD’s policy and practice that SBE’s, MBE’s, and DBE’s are afforded equal opportunities to participate in the performance of its contracts in whole or part. Our commitment is based on Federal Register 49 CFR, Part 26, Section 105 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act.

Proposals must be submitted electronically (as a pdf) on or before 2:00 PM EDT, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, to: [email protected], Christine Hey, Manager of Grants and Procurement, Greater New Haven Transit District.

Electronic submission shall be by email to [email protected], or via a secure cloud-based link (or drop box link). Please submit your entire proposal as one pdf with your company name in the title of the file. Zip files will not be received as they will be automatically blocked by our system. If necessary to break up your proposal into multiple files to transmit electronically, please label each file as part 1, 2, 3, etc., and in chronological order. GNHTD will not require any hard copies to be submitted at this time, however, the District reserves the right to require Proposers to submit a hard copy of their bid package at a later date. Late submissions will not be accepted. It is the responsibility of the Proposer to ensure that its proposal is delivered to the District by the date and time referred to above. The District reserves the right to reject any or all responses as submitted by this Request for Proposals, and to waive informalities and irregularities, as it deems in its best interest.

All costs associated with the preparation and delivery of a proposal are the sole responsibility of the Proposer. Proposer shall not include any such expenses incurred in the development of a Proposal or any costs incurred prior to the execution of a formal contract. A submission of a Proposal will be considered by the District as constituting a legal offer (valid for at least 90 days) by the Contractor to provide/perform the required product and services.

All questions and/or requests for additional information must be submitted electronically by email no later than 2:00 PM EDT, Friday, June 12, 2026, and shall be directed to Christine Hey at [email protected].

Bid documents will be available for download from www.gnhtd.org under “doing business with us”. Please complete the required form to obtain the corresponding bid file and be on our notification list for any addenda.