Specifications include, but are not limited to: The West Virginia Purchasing Division is soliciting bids on behalf of County Boards of Education to establish an Open-End, Statewide Contract for New and Retread School Bus Tires and Services; TIRES: SCHOOL BUSES – NEW SIZES 11R22.5, 10R22.5, 255/70R-22.5 DRIVE AND STEER: RETREAD SIZES – DRIVE ONLY. 3.1.1.1 Tires shall meet or exceed OEM requirements for vehicles in this class. 3.1.1.2 NEW Tires at the time of delivery to the Using Entity must have been produced or manufactured within the following timeframes: 3.1.1.2.1 No more than (1) year prior to delivery to the Using Entity for tires manufactured annually. 3.1.1.2.2 No more than two (2) years prior to delivery to the Using Entity for tires manufactured every two years. 3.1.1.2.3 Vendor shall identify any tire(s) which are not manufactured annually in their bid response on the Exhibit_A Pricing Page to help avoid product returns for tires over one (1) year old which are not manufactured annually. 3.1.1.2.4 Any tire(s) delivered to an Using Entity exceeding the required manufacturing date will be immediately picked up and replaced at no additional charge to the Using Entity. 3.1.1.2.5 The manufacturing date shall be determined by the Department of Transportation (DOT) 4-digit numbering production date on the sidewall utilizing the week-week-year-year format. (i.e. DOT 0119 means the tire was produced in the 1st week of 2019). 3.1.2 NEW and RETREAD Tires must be clearly marked with the Federal Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance symbol. 3.1.2.1 All tires must conform to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards designated for the tire size and vehicle GVWR application. 3.1.3 NEW and RETREAD Tires must be listed in the cooperative Approved Tire List (CATL) Group 3 (most current issue at time of purchase) or provide a Qualification certificate Form signed by the CATL Program Administer. 3.1.4 RETREAD Tire casings rejected shall be returned-as-received (RAR) to the Using Entity at no charge and must have the rejection cause marked on the tire with the area of injury clearly identified. 3.1.5 Tires and tubes must be subject to inspection, examination and testing by the State of West Virginia or Board of Education at any or all times during the term of this contract. 3.1.5.1 Tires chosen for inspection and testing may be selected from actual deliveries made to any of the Using Entities. 3.1.6 WARRANTY: Vendor must provide its standard manufactures warranty for all New and Retread tires. A copy of the warranty policy should be provided with the Vendor’s submitted bid response. Vendor shall also provide manufacture’s standard tire replacement policy if different from the warranty. 3.1.6.1 Warranty information must be provided with tires at the time of purchase.
