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Methuen awards FY26 school-transportation contract to NRT after lengthy review; vote 6–1
Summary
After a multi-month bidding process and negotiation that reduced the low bid, the Methuen School Committee voted 6–1 on Feb. 10, 2025 to award the fiscal‑year 2026 school transportation contract to NRT Bus of Chelmsford for $10,794,084.
The Methuen School Committee voted to award the fiscal‑year 2026 school-transportation contract to NRT Bus, 27 Katrina Road, Chelmsford, for a first‑year cost of $10,794,084 after a multistep bid review and negotiation process.
The transportation procurement began with an Oct. 30 bid issuance and closed in early January. The district issued seven addenda during the solicitation and distributed the package to 76 contacts representing 64 prospective bidders; nine companies attended the bidders’ meeting and four bids were opened. Two bidders were later judged nonresponsive or not responsible; that left NRT and First Student as the primary responsive offers, with NRT the apparent low bidder. District consultants reported that reference…
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