Department of Revenue News Release

JEFFERSON CITY - Interested groups or individuals will have until later this month to bid to operate one or more local license offices in the St. Louis region. 

The Office of Administration this week issued Requests for Proposal (RFPs) asking for bids to manage three license offices.  The license offices are Creve Coeur (12943 Olive Blvd.), Des Peres (1080 Old Des Peres Rd.), and Northside (1408 N. Kingshighway Blvd., Suite 102).

The deadline for submitting bids for the Northside License Office is Aug. 28.  The deadline for the Creve Coeur and Des Peres license offices is Aug. 30.

Prospective agents can submit bids that use the current office locations or that conform to geographical borders for new locations.  Proposed license office locations in Creve Coeur and Des Peres must be within the city limits of those two municipalities.  A proposed replacement for the Northside License Office must be within one mile of the current location.

People interested in submitting a bid to operate any of the license offices may take tours of the current facilities.  Tour times for the offices are as follows:

*Creve Coeur - 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 14
*Des Peres - 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 15
*Northside -- 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 8  

During Fiscal Year 2011 (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011), the number of transactions conducted and the agent processing fees generated at each office were as follows:

*Creve Coeur - 76,759 transactions, $261, 475 in agent fees
*Des Peres - 89,667 transactions, $316,224 in agent fees
*Northside - 43,552 transactions, $164,416 in agent fees 

Common transactions that take place at local license offices include renewing or applying for a driver license, renewing or applying for registration on motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors, and applying for titles and paying sales taxes on these units.

Copies of the RFPs that bidders will use to develop their bids can be viewed at https://www.moolb.mo.gov/.  To review an RFP, select "Guest" on the home page, click on "Open Bids By Agency," then scroll through the list of bids until the appropriate bid is located.  (The bid number for Creve Coeur is B3Z13032, for Des Peres is B3Z13031, and for Northside is B3Z13029.)  Additional information regarding the bidding process can be obtained at http://oa.mo.gov/purch/vendorinfo/DORoffices.pdf or by calling the Office of Administration at (573) 751-2387. 

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