The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) is seeking offers for HVAC Preventative Inspection and Maintenance Service and As-Needed Repairs for a contract term of three (3) years with two (2) 1-year options. In furtherance of MTSs Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program and MTSs program to foster small business participation, MTS highly encourages Proposer to include participation of DBEs, minority owned businesses (MBEs), women owned businesses (WBEs), disabled veteran business enterprises (DVBEs), lesbian gay bisexual transgender owned businesses (LGBTs) or small businesses (SB) for any potential subcontracting opportunities on this Contract. If assistance is needed to locate these certified firms, please contact Samantha Leslie, MTS DBE Liaison Officer, at Samantha.Leslie@sdmts.com Tyler Woller, Procurement Specialist is the sole point of contact for this solicitation. He can be reached via telephone at (619)557-4586 or via email at Tyler.Woller@sdmts.com Proposers are directed to not contact other MTS staff, or MTS Board members in connection with this RFP. Failure to follow this instruction will result in disqualification of any potential Proposer. Deadline for Submitting Written Questions/ Clarifications or Request for Approved Equals (RFAs) - 5:00 P.M., Prevailing Local Time, on August 23, 2023 Proposal Presentations, Demonstrations, Interviews - Week of September 13, 2023 Anticipated Contract Award (MTS Board) - October 19, 2023 In soliciting proposals under this Request for Proposals, MTS reserves the rights to exclusively: 1) Reject any and all Offers; 2) Reject conditional Offers; 3) Issue a subsequent solicitation; 4) Cancel the entire solicitation; 5) Remedy technical errors in the solicitation process; 6) Appoint evaluation committee members; 7) Reassign evaluation committee members; 8) Seek the assistance of outside technical experts in evaluation of Proposals; 9) Approve or disapprove the use of particular subcontractors; 10) Establish a short list of eligible Proposers after review of Proposals; 11) Negotiate with any, all or none of the Proposers; 12) Solicit best and final offers from all or some of the Proposers; 13) Award contract (s) for all or part of the Specifications or Scope of Work 14) Award a contract to one or more Proposers; 15) Award other than the lowest cost offer; 16) Waive minor informalities and irregularities in Proposals.