Procurement

Bay Metro Transit's procurements are made per guidelines and regulations set by the Federal Transit Administration.

Bay Metro averages about $610,000 in yearly purchases of goods and services including bus parts, fasteners, janitorial supplies, printing, signs, petroleum products, including diesel fuel and motor oil, travel arrangements, construction, consulting, environmental testing, waste removal, uniforms, both new and rented, office supplies and equipment, buses, and support vehicles.

Bay Metro Transit encourages women and minority owned firms to contact Bay Metro to see if they can supply needed goods or services.

General Standards of Ethical Conduct

Public transit employment is a public trust as such. Public transit employees must discharge their duties impartially so as to assure fair competitive access to procurement by responsible contractors. Moreover, they should conduct themselves in such a manner as to foster public confidence in the integrity of public transit procurement.

Any attempts to realize personal gain by a public transit employee by conduct inconsistent with the proper discharge of the employees' duties is a breach of the public trusts.

Any effort by non-public transit employees to influence any public transit employee to breach the standards of ethical conduct herein set forth constitutes also a breach of ethical standards.

Vendor Registration/DemandStar.com

The Purchasing Office of Bay Metro Transit has contracted with DemandStar.com effective February 1, 2001 to maintain a vendor information system on the Internet.

A yearly subscription fee is charged by DemandStar.com for automatic notification of bid opportunities and any addendums issued by the Bay Metro Transit Purchasing Office and any other government agency in Bay County, Michigan, that participates in the DemandStar.com system. You may register as a vendor by completing an on-line "Vendor Registration." If you would like more information about DemandStar.com's services, please call (407) 975-0000 or visit their web site at http://www.demandstar.com.

Participation in the DemandStar.com system will enable vendors to maintain their vendor file, download bid packages and submit responses to bid invitations via the Internet as these services become available.

You will only need to register once with DemandStar.com to receive information from all participating agencies in Bay County, Michigan. Participating vendors will automatically be notified as new Bay County, Michigan, agencies come on-line.

Participation in the DemandStar.com system is not a necessary requirement for doing business with Bay Metro Transit. If you choose not to register with DemandStar.com, you will not receive automatic notification of formal bid/proposal opportunities. Formal bid/proposal procurements are valued at $5,000 or more.

You will still be able to get bid information by utilizing the following methods:

Invitations to Bid/Request for Proposals are publicized in the classified advertisement section of the Bay City Times.

Invitations to Bid/Request for Proposals may be examined at the Bay Metro Transit Purchasing Office, 1510 North Johnson Street, Bay City, Michigan, 48708, during normal business hours.

Invitation to Bid/Request for Proposal information is available on the Internet. At Bay Metro Transit's home page click on Corporate Information or go directly to http://www.baymetro.com/bids, and you will find reports on Open Bids.