17-RFP School Acquisition of Real Property

Lease for School Bus Parking - The School Committee of the Town of Wayland is soliciting responses from qualified parties for the acquisition, by lease, of property to be used for contracted school bus parking for the Wayland Public Schools.  The highly advantageous location of the lease property will be located within four (4) miles of the Town of Wayland Center located at 400 Boston Post Road (Parcel 23-052), Wayland, Massachusetts and suitably sized for parking twenty-one (21) school buses, each with a (71) passenger capacity, and zoned for on-site fueling.  Office space is desirable, but not required.  If office space is unavailable there must be enough room and zoning in place to place a single wide work trailer on site.  Working space must have access to utilities including electricity, sewer, telecommunications and water.  The parking area will also be used to park up to twenty-three (23) drivers’ and/ dispatcher’s vehicles.  The Town of Wayland requires a three (3) year base lease with a two (2) year option to be exercised at the sole discretion of the Town of Wayland.

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is being conducted in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30B, Chapter 16 and all lease documents must be strictly awarded in accordance with the requirements of the Request for Proposal regarding Real Property Transactions.  If it becomes necessary to revise any part of the RFP or otherwise provide additional information, an addendum will be issued to all prospective Proposers who received copies of the original request.

Town of Wayland reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or cancel this Request for Proposal if deemed to be in the best interest of the Wayland School Committee and/or the Town of Wayland.

Responses are due on July 11, 2017 at 10:30 AM in the School Business Administrator’s Office, Wayland Public Schools, 41 Cochituate Road, Wayland, MA 01778 at which time and place they will be accepted and distributed for review by the Wayland School Committee’s Evaluation Committee.  All proposals shall be submitted to the School Business Administrator’s office in one SEALED envelope containing the original proposal and six (6) copies of the proposal clearly marked “Wayland Public School Request for Proposal: Lease of School Bus Parking.”  The price proposal must be in a SEPARATE SEALED envelope and clearly marked “Wayland Public School Request for Proposal: Lease of School Bus Parking – PRICE PROPOSAL”.

An award will be made within 60-90 days.  Specifications and required forms will be released beginning on May 30, 2017 at 10:30 AM. Requests for RFPs should be submitted via email to Susan Bottan, School Business Administrator, Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Town of Wayland reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or cancel this Request for Proposal if deemed to be in the best interest of the Town of Wayland and or the Town of Wayland.