Franklin Regional Transit Authority

 

Sealed proposals from prequalified General Bidders and Sub-bidders submitted on a form furnished in the bid documents and clearly identified as a bid, endorsed with the name and address of the bidder and the project name, will be received at the Franklin Regional Transit Authority, 474 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301 no later than the date and time specified and will forthwith be publicly opened and read aloud.

   

Prequalified Sub-Bids received before 12:00 Noon at the FRTA office:      August 18, 2010

(Bid opening will take place at GCC, 270 Main St., Greenfield at 12:15 p.m.)

Prequalified General Bids received before 2:00 PM at the FRTA office:     August 26, 2010

(Bid opening will take place at the Chamber of Commerce, 395 Main St., Greenfield at 2:15 p.m.)    

 

Please be advised that General Bids and Sub-bids will ONLY be accepted from contractors who have been prequalified for this project by the Franklin Regional Transit Authority. Plans and specifications, as well as a list of pre-qualified General Bidders and Sub-bidders will be available on or after July 30, 2010 at 12:00 PM, by accessing the FRTA's website at www.frta.org and following the link to the Franklin Regional Transit Center. Hard copies of the plans and specifications are available, upon request, for all prequalified bidders from the Franklin Regional Transit Authority at 474 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301 for a refundable deposit of $200.00.

 

 

Free Transfers are coming back!

Beginning on September 1st, you will be able to transfer from any FRTA fixed route to any FRTA fixed route except the Route 23 (Amherst).  To do this, just ask the bus driver for a transfer as you exit the bus.  The driver will give you an electronic transfer from the farebox.  The transfer will be good for 60 minutes.

 

Route 23 (Amherst) customers:  while you will be not be able to transfer from another FRTA to the Route 23, you will be able to transfer from the Route 23 to any other FRTA route.

 

Punch Passes and Blue Coupons will be accepted until September 30th

Any customers with a $22.00 FRTA Punch Passes and/or Blue Coupons can continue to use them until September 30th.  Starting on October 1st we will only accept magnetic passes ($1, $15, and $25 Stored Value cards and change cards).  You may exchange your Punch Pass or Blue Coupons at the FRTA office located at 474 Main Street in Greenfield.  If you have any questions please call (413) 774-2262.

 

           

Click here to view list of Pre-Qualified sub-bidders and general-bidders