DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICE / RFP TM-25-01

Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority (Metro) will receive proposals from qualified firms to provide origin to destination demand response service. Proposals must be received in the Metro office at 201 N. Kansas Avenue, Topeka, KS 66603 in sealed envelopes marked “DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICE / RFP TM-25-01” no later than 3:00 PM Central Time on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The proposal schedule will allow for forty-six (46) calendar days for proposal submission.

The RFP document package may be obtained from Metro’s office at 201 N. Kansas Avenue, Topeka, KS 66603, on or after Monday, April 21, 2025 by contacting Richard Appelhanz, rappelhanz@topekametro.org . Interested firms may download the RFP document package from Metro’s website ( www.topekametro.org ) or call (785) 730-8621 to arrange for pickup or mailing.

The proposers will be required to comply with all applicable state and federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws and regulations. Metro, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related regulations, hereby notifies all proposers that minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, familial status, national origin or ancestry, age, physical or mental handicap unrelated to ability, or military status in consideration for an award.

Any agreement resulting from this RFP is subject to financial assistance agreements between Metro and the Federal Transit Administration.

In order to be eligible to submit a proposal, the proposer must not be included on the United States Comptroller General’s Consolidated List of Persons or Firms currently debarred or suspended from participating in public contracts.

Metro reserves the right to accept any proposal or any part or parts thereof. Metro reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive irregularities therein, and all proposers must agree that such rejection shall be without liability on the part of Metro for any penalty brought by a proposer because of such rejections, nor shall the proposer seek any recourse of any kind against Metro because of such rejections, and the filing of any proposal in response to this solicitation shall constitute an agreement of the proposer to these conditions.

Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority
201 North Kansas Avenue
Topeka, KS 66603