Site work and new construction of a service station / car wash facility in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Completed plans call for the construction of a service station / car wash facility.

Question Deadline 03/10/2026 at 1:00 PM CT Questions regarding the bidding documents must be submitted in writing by this time to BusWash@swtransit.org. Contractor agrees to provide, perform and complete all the provisions ofthe Work in accordance with attached Exhibit A. Any general or specific conditions, terms, agreements, contractor or industry proposal, or contract terms attached to or a part of Exhibit A are declined in full and, accordingly, are deleted and shall not be in effect in any manner SouthWest Transit is soliciting sealed bids for the procurement of the furnishing and installation of a bus wash at their headquarters. Bids must be received in a sealed envelope or email with a clear label or subject line stating "Bid for SouthWest Transit Bus Wash." Bids are to be made on the basis of cash payment for work and must be accompanied by a bid bond made payable without conditions to SouthWest Transit in an amount of not less than 5% of the total bid amount. The successful bidder must qualify as a "responsible contractor" as defined by Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.285, subdivision 3, and must provide verification under oath that all subcontractors and motor carriers also meet these criteria. The prime contractor must include a list of all intended first-tier subcontractors and submit supplemental verification for each before contract execution. SouthWest Transit reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive minor irregularities and informalities, delay the award, remove or delete work without penalty, and award contracts as deemed in their best interest. RFB Bus Wash SouthWest Transit 14405 W 62nd Street Eden Prairie, MN 55346 Email: BusWash@swtransit.org To remove and dispose of existing bus wash, bus wash electrical, piping and all elements of existing bus wash, and RO water system that will not be used with the new bus wash. To furnish and install a completely automatic, touchless and friction combination of heavyduty vehicle wash and splash wall. The wash system must clean all types of transit vehicles used by fleet owners for front, roof, rear, and both sides in drive-thru mode. This includes the following transit vehicle types: 1. Motor Coach 2. 45' Electric CRT LE 3. Paratransit Buses 4. Vans 1.1 Fronts of the vehicles shall be washed without any friction and sides with friction wash. The rear of the bus can be washed with or without friction. Washing the roofs of the vehicle shall be either touchless or friction. 1.2 The supplier is to be responsible for the supply of necessary equipment, materials and service for the complete assembly and erection of the equipment so that it is ready for operation as per these specifications. Part II Bus Wash System Operation and Performance 2.0 Operation mode- Transit Bus Wash The bus enters the wash and receives full soap on the front, sides, and rear. When bus enters the high-pressure station, the front high pressure washes only the front of the bus, at the front bus corner the high pressure is diverted to the roof washing station only and as the bus departs the high-pressure station, the high pressure is diverted to wash the rear of the bus. The brushes are activated only to wash the sides and rear of the buses. It is noted herein that the high-pressure valves must be selected by the bidder to meet the specified opening/closing speed (no substitution). After the bus leaves the high pressure/brush station, it receives the final rinse. 2.1 The operation of the wash system shall be completely automatic and shall not require the service of an attendant other than for routine inspection and maintenance. The wash system shall thoroughly wash the front, sides and rear of the vehicles driven through the systems at a minimum rate of one-half foot per second without stopping. All wash operations shall be automatically actuated by the vehicle, which shall be driven continuously, without stopping at a uniform speed through each washing stage. No manual equipment adjustment shall be required, and the equipment shall adapt automatically without electrical or pneumatic controls to variations in widths and heights of all intended vehicles. 2.2 System must be designed in a way, so there is no high-pressure underbody spray on electric bus batteries. 2.3 The supplier is responsible for designing the equipment to satisfactorily wash up to 30 vehicles per hour, and 100 vehicles per day. The vehicle wash shall be able to remove most of the visible heavy dirt accumulation and the road film from the owner's vehicles when they are driven through the wash. The cleaning performance shall match and/or exceed those standards that are prevailing in the touchless retail car wash industry. No acids containing fluorides (HF or ABF) shall be allowed. The evaluation of the system's capability to remove road film shall be determined only after the vehicles have dried after the washing has been completed.