If your agency can buy from a state contract, you can put an HLE bus in service without running your own solicitation. The contract is held by the authorized HLE dealer for that state — that is how state bus contracts work everywhere — and the pricing is already bid, evaluated, and awarded.
Statewide transit bus contract administered by the Department of Enterprise Services. Cooperative language extends use to members of the Oregon Cooperative Procurement Program.
HLE dealer: Northwest Bus Sales
WA DES contract search →Purchasing through OregonBuys and the Oregon Cooperative Procurement Program (ORCPP), including cooperative use of the Washington master contract.
HLE dealer: Northwest Bus Sales
OregonBuys →State cooperative purchasing through the Office of State Procurement, open to agencies and Cooperative Purchasing Venture members.
HLE dealer: United Bus Sales
MN Office of State Procurement →State purchasing through the Nevada State Purchasing Division, with cooperative use available to local governments.
HLE dealer: RO Bus Sales
Nevada State Purchasing →Call the HLE dealer for your state and ask for the current contract number and pricing pages — they will confirm your agency’s eligibility, quote the bus to the contract line items, and handle the paperwork. Your purchasing office cites the contract number on the purchase order instead of running a bid. If you are outside these states, your regional dealer can tell you which cooperative or joint-purchasing routes are open to you, and we answer bids written to HLE specifications directly.
Writing a specification instead? The government & procurement page covers Buy America under 49 CFR 661, FMVSS compliance, and the published Altoona results your evaluation committee will want.