The 黑料社 Board of Trustees reviewed bids and agreed to purchase two 2017 Ford F-750/Glaval Concorde II buses from Carpenter Bus Sales, LLC. Each unit is priced at $149,240, which includes delivery and transport of the buses the college trades in.
The decision to purchase the buses came at a special board meeting Thursday morning.
鈥淚n an attempt to keep business local, we were able to have Carpenter Bus purchase the chassis from Tubbs and Sons,鈥� college president Seth Carter told trustees. 鈥淎dditionally, all of the service work can be performed locally.鈥�
The college made a request for proposals in May and received two bids. The difference between the bids was $61,120. Proposed trade value between the two vendors differed by $34,500, making the cumulative bid difference $95,620, with a portion of the purchase staying local.
Carter said acquiring the two 44-passenger buses corrects a long-standing issue for the college.