CMSD SNOW REMOVAL RFP

Cleveland Metropolitan School District - Purchasing has issued request for proposal, solicitation RFP-21449.

Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) intends to establish contracts with one or more qualified snow and ice management contractors. The District reserves the right to award contracts by geographic region, building group, service category, or any combination thereof. Multiple contracts may be awarded to ensure timely and reliable snow and ice removal services across approximately sixty (60) facilities, including school buildings, administrative offices, support facilities, and other District properties.

The District is a large urban school system with over 100 instructional and non-instructional sites, approximately 6,000 teachers and administrative staff, 36,000 District students, and 3,500 classrooms. This includes 62 Pre-K-8 Schools, 31 High Schools (9-12), 2 K-8 schools, 1 Pre-K-6 school, 2 remote school options (K-8, 9-12) and 1 Online Building (K-12). The demographics of our student population include 63.9% Black or African American, 17.2% Hispanic, 14.5% White and 4.4% Other. The District intends to select organizations to provide high quality CMSD SNOW REMOVAL RFP. To facilitate submission and evaluation of proposals, the following provides relevant background information, scope of work requirements, and instructions for services providers to submit their proposal responses to this RFP. PARAGRAPH OR TWO ABOUT THE BACKGROUND FOR THE PROJECT/WHY THIS PROJECT

Responses are due October 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT.

Questions must be submitted by October 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT.

Commodity categories: Ice and Snow Removal Chemicals (See 775-45 for Road Salt).

Contact: Aaron Creel, Executive Director of Facility Services (aaron.creel@clevelandmetroschools.org, (216) 562-9149).

2 documents are attached to the notice: Attachment_A_Equipment_Inventory_Form (1); Attachment_B_Pricing_Form.

The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/clevelandmetroschools/projects/307985. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.