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Notice is hereby given that a sealed Request for Proposal (RFP) will be received by the Lafayette Parish School System by the Purchasing Department located at 113 Chaplin Drive, Lafayette, LA 70508. Delivery to any other department other than the Purchasing Department is unacceptable and may result in non-consideration of the proposal.
 
Sealed proposals will be marked as follows:
 
                       
CDL School Bus Drivers
                        RFP# 43-19
                        Opening:  October 17, 2018 @ 11:00 a.m. CST
 
The RFP# 43-19 is to obtain a proposal from a qualified vendor to provide on-call contract CDL Drivers licensed and certified to drive school buses containing students traveling to and from school within our school district.
 
There will be a non-mandatory pre-proposal conference held on October 10, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. CST in the LPSS Personnel Conference Room located at 113 Chaplin Drive Lafayette, LA 70508.
 
A Request for Proposal package may be obtained on the Purchasing Department website at https://www.lpssonline.com/site638.php.  Proposal information may also be viewed online, and electronic proposals may be submitted online at www.centralauctionhouse.com.
 
On October 17, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. CST, only the name of the proposal respondents will be read aloud in the LPSS Board Room.
 
The Lafayette Public School System strongly encourages the participation of minority business enterprises in all contracts or procurements let by the Board for goods and services.  To that end, all contractors and suppliers are encouraged to utilize minority business enterprises in the purchase of sub-contracting of materials, supplies, and services in which minority owned businesses are available.
 
The owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause.