The Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority (PARTA) – in partnership with the Toledo Area
Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) and several other public transit providers – requests bids for:
DIESEL FUEL & GASOLINE
Detailed specifications are available by contacting Ashley Forbes, Procurement Manager, at 330-678-7745,
ext. 110, or by emailing: aforbes@partaonline.org.
All bids must be submitted in accordance with requirements set forth in the IFB and must be received in the
administrative offices of PARTA on or before Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 10 a.m. A public bid
opening will follow.
The Contractor shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race,
religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or handicap. All bidders are certifying that they are not on the
Comptroller General’s list of ineligible contractors by signing the bid form page. Proposals from
individuals/entities that are presently disbarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment by the State of Ohio
or the federal government will be disqualified.
The Agencies reserve the right to reject any and/or all bids, to re-advertise for bids, to waive any informality
in any bid and to determine the most responsive bid by its own criteria, as described within the specification.
The Agencies further advise prospective bidders that all bids must be filed on the forms provided by PARTA
and that all bids must be clearly marked on the lower left side of the outermost envelope with the words,
ATTN: IFB #2026 FUEL.