NOTICE CALLING FOR BIDS COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Invitation for Bid No. 115-2025 CHARTER BUS SERVICES FOR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Coachella Valley Unified School District, acting by and through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as "District", will receive prior to 10:00 a.m. December 5, 2025 sealed bids for the award of a Contract for the following: IFB No. 115-2025 Charter Bus Services for Transportation Bid documents are available for review from the District Bid Manager Portal, Prospective Bidders are required to be registered users for District Bid Manager for the purpose of viewing bid documents and to receive notifications of bid changes/information. https://cloud.astihosted.com/CVUSD/dbm/Vendor/Ven_Default.asp Bid Request Category: Transportation Bid Request ID: BID20251105000001 All bids shall be made and presented on the forms presented by the District. Bids shall be received in the Office of the Purchasing Department at 87-225 Church St., Thermal, CA 92274, Attn: Leila Jones and shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the above stated time and place. Any bids received after the time specified above or after any extensions due to material changes shall be returned unopened. The deadline for requests for clarification is December 1, 2025 @ 10a. All Requests for Clarification must be sent to Leila Jones, Interim Purchasing Director at leila.jones@cvusd.us and Michael Martinez, Director, Transportation at michael.martinez@cvusd.us The district reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding process and to be sole judge as to the merit, quality and acceptability of materials proposed. Bidder will take all necessary steps to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest and shall have a duty to disclose to the District prior to entering into an agreement any and all circumstances existing at such time, which pose a potential conflict. No bidder may withdraw any proposal for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the date set for the opening of proposals. Refer to the formal bid documents for additional information, terms and conditions. The complete bid documents and terms and conditions are considered one complete bid component and cannot be altered in anyway. By Order of the Board of Education Advertisement: The Desert Sun- November 18, 25 2025 LYRK0404129