ADVERTISING WITH MTD
Advertising on buses is a great way to get your message out to a broad audience on a frequent and consistent basis. MTD’s buses are the only billboards in town – your clients & customers are either riding buses or following buses every day! Our fleet circulates throughout South Coast Santa Barbara County 363 days per year, covering more than 2.6 million miles in more than 200,000 hours on the road and carrying about 8 million passengers. Whether you put your ad on the inside or outside of a bus, that’s a LOT of potential impressions!
Please see the rate sheet below for details on the costs of advertising on the various types of buses in MTD’s fleet.
PURCHASING
MTD regularly purchases assets, goods, and services necessary to provide public transit service. The procurement processes for doing so are based on full, open, and fair competition to the maximum extent feasible and as required by applicable laws and regulations. MTD utilizes typical governmental solicitation processes such as invitations for bids (IFB), requests for proposals (RFP), and less formal methods for smaller purchases of materials, supplies and services.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goal
Please click here to review MTD’s Overall Goal for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation in Federal Transit Administration Assisted Programs.
Small Purchases
MTD carries out non-recurring small purchases on an as-needed basis. In these instances, MTD normally limits contact to 2 or 3 vendors for requesting quotes. MTD selects these vendors based upon internet or telephone searches, knowledge of the market or trade, past experience with vendors, and expediency. If you wish to be considered for obtaining a quote, contact the appropriate person shown below.
For the purchase of supplies and services needed on an ongoing basis (office supplies, bus parts, etc.), MTD typically establishes a “pre-approved vendor” list each calendar year. The competitive process for selecting such vendors takes place for a particular need occurs at least once every five years. To be considered for placement on a particular pre-approved vendor list, contact the appropriate person shown on this page.
Formal Solicitations
With respect to the larger, publicly-noticed IFBs, RFPs, etc., interested parties may obtain pertinent information about active solicitations on this page. Bidder lists are typically developed prior to issuance of the solicitation through internet or telephone searches, knowledge of the market or trade, and past solicitations. If you wish to participate in an upcoming or ongoing formal solicitation, contact Brad Davis to be placed on the bidder list for that project in order to receive e-mail notifications regarding project requirements, activities and updates. Due to the limited number of formal solicitations, MTD does not maintain formal bidder lists or have a vendor registration database.
Protest Procedures
Procurement protest procedures have been established by MTD to ensure uniform, timely, and equitable consideration of any complaints received concerning procurement activities. A copy of MTD’s protest procedures is available at the following link: MTD Protest Procedures
MTD Purchasing Contacts
Bus Parts & Bus Cleaning Supplies
Steve Hahn
805.883.4229
shahn@sbmtd.gov
Facilities Maintenance, Service & Supplies
Frank Reynoso
805.883.4228
freynoso@sbmtd.gov
Office Equipment & Supplies
Lilly Gomez
805.883.4233
lgomez@sbmtd.gov
IT Equipment, Service & Supplies
Tom Sheldon
805.883.4205
tsheldon@sbmtd.gov
Bus Stops & Passenger Information
Steve Maas
805.883.4227
smaas@sbmtd.gov
Formal Solicitations
Brad Davis
805.883.4201
bdavis@sbmtd.gov
ACTIVE PROCUREMENTS
Santa Barbara MTD is seeking bids from qualified contractors to overhaul an existing approximately 15,200 sf site in Downtown Santa Barbara consisting of improvements of a single story concrete block, metal, and glass building with metal roofing; replacement of a concrete loading platform and driveway surface; new underground utility services and site lighting; all new landscaping; temporary facilities; and offsite improvements including new sidewalk, curb, and gutter. The information for this solicitation including construction drawings, specifications, bid documents, and addenda are available on the Tricoblue Planroom site here. For all solicitation inquiries, please contact Ken Mills at (805) 832-3024 or kccmills@dslextreme.com
Santa Barbara MTD is requesting proposals from qualified firms to develop a comprehensive Facilities Master Plan.
Download a copy of the RFP here (October 1, 2018)
Download Addendum 1 here (October 24, 2018)
Serve as developer, jointly with the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD), to develop and construct a residential project at MTD’s property located at 4678 Calle Real/149 North San Antonio Road in unincorporated Santa Barbara County.
Download a copy of the RFQ/RFP here (June 11, 2018)
Download Addendum 1 here (July 30, 2018)
Download the MTD Master Agreement Template here.
Calle Real Pre-Development Studies
Preliminary Title Report
Preliminary Geology Report
Preliminary Hydrology Report
Wetland Delineation Report
Biological Resources Assessment
Traffic and Circulation Assessment
Phase 1 Archaelogy Report
Site Survey
Slope Analysis
Important Bidders List Note
To be added to the bidders list for the above projects, send an e-mail to bdavis@sbmtd.gov indicating the specific project. While MTD will provide courtesy e-mails regarding project solicitation documents, announcements, and updates to those on the bid list, it remains the responsibility of interested parties to check this web page for the latest solicitation-related information. Failure of an interested party to take into account solicitation requirements posted on this web page but not received by e-mail from MTD will not relieve the bidder of any consequences of its not meeting the requirements.