Florida taps Xcelsior bus platform for statewide contract, while ABG nets order set to be delivered in 2020 and Santa Cruz refurbs buses.
The company will begin marketing the Vicinity LT immediately for delivery in January 2020.
Spartan Motors will manufacture Vicinity buses, which will continue to satisfy the FTA’s Buy America requirements.
Current total firm orders are for approximately 190 buses valued at over $49 million.
Ordered through Grande West's U.S. dealer, Alliance Bus Group.
There are no minimum or maximum bus quantities, with orders from the various agencies subject to funding and agency needs.
The orders are for delivery in the next 12 months and are new customers for Grande West.
The City of Oxford, Miss., is the executive agent on behalf of a group of agencies listed for the procurement.
The orders are already included in the previously disclosed backlog as part of the order from ABG for 100 buses announced on Oct. 10, 2017.
A look at some of the vehicles on display at APTA's Bus & Paratransit Conference, which was held in Tampa, Fla. in May.