Tire Management Services

The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit in Ithaca, New York, requires comprehensive tire management services for its fleet of transit buses and support vehicles. The agency is trying to minimize vehicle downtime through timely delivery, installation, and service response. To achieve this, the agency is seeking a vendor to supply and install high-quality new and retread tires, as well as provide related maintenance services. The scope of work covers furnishing both new and retread tires, mounting them properly, and cleaning and preparing bead surfaces before mounting. The selected contractor must transport all wheels and tires requiring replacement to and from the agency facility, returning removed tires as retreads within one week. Additionally, the contractor must adjust tire quantities as fleet composition changes and provide ongoing tire rotation, balancing, and alignment services. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency requires the performance of the work to be conducted offsite. Bidders must submit their proposals digitally via email or online, and the agency is looking for proposal submissions to determine the budget. The contract period will run for three years. The agency will hold a pre-bid meeting on June 11, 2026. Bidders must submit all questions no later than June 16, 2026.