NRTA Project # 2025-12 - MANAGEMENT SERVICES
The Nantucket Regional Transit Authority (NRTA) is seeking to contract for the management services of a qualified firm to assume management and operation of their public transportation services. These services consist of the daily management of the NRTA’s fixed route bus service, Paratransit, and On Demand services on the island of Nantucket. The term of the contract will be from March 1, 2026, to February 28, 2027, with an option to renew for four (4) one (1) year terms.
This contract is subject to a financial assistance contract between NRTA, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The performance of this contract is subject to the requirements of U.S. Government Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applicable equal employment requirements. Minority Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals and will not be subject to discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.
The Request for Proposals will be available after 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. For detailed specifications and proposal requirements, call, write or email to Gary Roberts, Administrator, NRTA, 20 R South Water Street, Nantucket, MA 02554, (508) 325-9571, [email protected]
Proposals will be accepted until 12:30 PM on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
One (1) original, two (2) hard and one (1) electronic copy of the proposals must be submitted to the NRTA in a sealed envelope marked as follows:
PROPOSAL FOR: Management Services
Project #: NRTA #2025-12
BID OPENING DATE: January 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
ATTENTION: Gary Roberts, Administrator
Firms should specify their official name in the lower left-hand corner of the outside of said envelope. Bid proposals will be received by the Administrative Offices at 20 R South Water Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 until 12:30 PM on January 13, 2026. Any proposals received before said date and time will be opened and read aloud publicly on the bid opening date and time, unless notified otherwise, by the Administrator or his designee at the Administrative Offices. No late, faxed or emailed proposals will be accepted.
All contractors will be required to certify that they are not on the Comptroller General’s list of ineligible contractors.
This agreement is subject to any applicable guidelines for project administration issued by the FTA of the DOT of the U.S. Government and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The NRTA reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, in part or whole, if the NRTA deems it in its best interest to do so.