Site work for a sidewalk / parking lot in Cincinnati, Ohio. Completed plans call for site work for a sidewalk / parking lot.

**As of August 12, 2025, this project has not yet been awarded. A timeline for the award has not yet been established.** The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) commonly referred to as Metro, is seeking proposals to provide bus stop pole and sign fabrication, removal, and installation services at 3,177 bus stops throughout Metro's service area, which includes Hamilton County and parts of the surrounding areas (Warren, Butler, and Clermont counties, respectively). As bus stops are the first contact many transit users have with the system, it is critical that bus stops are uniform in appearance, clean, safe, and attractive. The purpose of this project is to fabricate and install bus stop poles and signs at all current Metro bus stops. The selected vendor shall fabricate and install the new bus stop signs and poles at all bus stops, as well as remove and responsibly dispose of the old existing poles and signs. The 3,177 bus stops (as shown in Image 1) that must have new poles and signs fabricated and installed as part of this scope, are in a variety of urban and suburban and/or rural environments with varying patterns of usage. All current existing 3,177 bus stop signs (which are over fifteen years old) will need to be replaced and responsibly disposed. Current Metro bus stop signs are affixed to a utility pole or other non-Metro owned poles (as shown in Images 2, 3 & 4) at varying heights and distances from the street while others may have stops may have a sign and a bench and/or shelter. Bus stops may exist where either soil or concrete are available for installation and may exist in steep slope and/or area with or without sidewalk. Question Deadline 07/02/2025 at 2:00 PM ET Any questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted through online.Addendum/Response to Questions/Clarifications:July 9, 2025, 4:00pm. Contact Information Katie Nussbaum Procurement Specialist Email: katie.nussbaum@go-metro.com Phone: (513) 632-7632 verview of Metro's Transit Services SORTA, through its "Metro" service, provides public transportation service throughout the Greater Cincinnati area, primarily serving the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. SORTA Metro service consists of a total of 47 bus routes with 3,900 bus stops. Fixed route bus service operates from two garages (Queensgate and Bond Hill). Image 1 and Image 2 show SORTA's current bus service network. The various Metro routes are classified and described in the sections below. Metro*Plus/Metro Bus Limited Routes The "Metro*Plus" routes and Metro Limited routes are routes that makes fewer stops than local services, often times operating along the same corridor of a local route. The difference between Metro*Plus service and a Metro Bus Limited service is the branding of vehicles. Currently there is only one Metro*Plus route (Route 90). Metro Bus Local Routes Metro Bus Local routes are local service bus lines that serve corridors throughout the Cincinnati metropolitan area. Typically, local services provide direct alignments following key arterial corridors. The following are Metro Bus Local routes (1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 41, 43, 46, 49, 50, 51, 61, 64, 65, 67, 77, 78,) Metro Express/Commuter Routes Express/commuter routes operate between a residential area or Park-and-Ride and a business district or other type of activity center. SORTA express routes currently serve all local bus stops in the catchment/distribution area. There are two types of Metro Express routes, ones that serve Park-and-Ride locations and a few neighborhood stops and ones that operate along a major corridor segment making local stops but also include a nonstop segment. The following are Metro Express bus routes (2, 3X, 12, 23X, 25, 29X, 30, 38, 40, 52X, 71X, 74X, 75, 81, 82X). SORTA reserves the right to negotiate with proposers in the highly competitive range without conducting interviews or issuing targeted questions. Following such negotiations, SORTA may request one or more of the firms in the highly competitive range to submit a Best and Final Offer, which will be evaluated by the evaluation team and a firm selected for award. SORTA reserves the right to accept proposals other than the lowest cost offered, reject any and all proposals, or to negotiate separately with any proposer or proposers as deemed to be in SORTA's best interest. SORTA also reserves the right to waive informalities, make an award on the basis of initial proposals received without discussions or negotiations. Initial proposals, therefore, should represent the proposers' best effort to meet SORTA's needs at a reasonable price.