LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that METRO Regional Transit Authority (METRO) is requesting proposals for: Janitorial Cleaning Services Detailed specifications are available by visiting https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/akronmetro. Any questions should be submitted through the Question & Answer section of the project (RFP #2025-07) on METRO's OpenGov Portal. All proposals must be submitted in accordance with requirements set forth in this proposal solicitation, and must be received within METRO's OpenGov portal before 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 23, 2025. There will be NO public proposal opening. In connection with the carrying out of this project, the Contractor shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or handicap. All Offerors are certifying that they are not debarred or suspended by the Federal Government by signing the proposal page. METRO reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals, to re-advertise for proposals and to waive any informality in any proposal and to determine the most responsive proposal by its own criteria, as described within the specification. METRO further advises prospective Offerors that all proposals must be filed on the forms provided by the Authority, all required information in the Vendor Questionnaire section of this posting on OpenGov must be completed, and that all proposals must be in response to RFP# 2025-07. Dawn Distler Chief Executive Officer/ Secretary-Treasurer Akron Beacon Journal September 11, 2025 and September 18, 2025 #11653228