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January 14, 2026 To: Prospective Bidder From: On Behalf of the Van Dyke Public Schools Board of Education Subject: Request for Proposal- Van Dyke Public Schools Custodial Services Van Dyke Public Schools is accepting sealed proposals to provide custodial services to the District. This request for proposal is for a 38-month contract period for which we are seeking guaranteed pricing for April 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. The District reserves the right to renew the contract for three (3) additional years. Renewal(s) will depend on pricing and level of service received during contract period. The pre-bid meeting location on January 21, 2026, will be held at the Service Building located at 11387 East Nine Mile Road, Warren, MI 48089. If you desire to bid on these services, please submit your Proposal no later than 2:00 p.m., February 4, 2026. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope labeled “Professional Contracted Custodial Bid” by the time and date due. No fax, verbal, e-mail or telephone quotations will be accepted. The District is not responsible for late, lost, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, illegible or postage-due mail bids. Bids will be opened at Van Dyke Public Schools Administration Building. Mail or hand-deliver your sealed bid to: Van Dyke Schools Administration Building, 23500 MacArthur, Warren, MI 48089, Attention: Jeff VanConant, Director of Facilities and Operations. Your bid must be received before the bid opening date and time, when all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each Bidder must submit with the signed original Proposal, three (3) complete copies of the signed original Proposal. Each Proposal must be signed by an authorized member of the Bidder’s company. This member should be the highest-ranking officer at the local level All prospective Bidders must attend a mandatory pre-bid meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to provide for questions and answers as required to clarify the requirements and specifications contained in the RFP. Only those prospective Bidders present will be deemed eligible to bid on this project. Any assistants or subcontractors in the project are also required to attend the pre-bid meeting to be held at 10:00 a.m. January 21, 2026. You must walk every site to ensure all contractors see all locations. No other walks will be available. All questions will be directed to the Contract Administrator via e-mail before or after the pre-bid meeting, or during the question/answer period during the pre-bid meeting. Please do not ask questions on the walk of facilities. Instead, write them down and we will respond to these and all questions in addendum format in writing. Questions may be asked via e-mail until the deadline of January 26, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. The information provided in the RFP is intended solely for internal use by the Bidder in response preparation. All information contained herein is proprietary and shall not be distributed to any third party, except as required by law.