3.1 The Contractor shall provide school bus services for the transportation of special education students for the Board for the Contract Term. The transportation services include in-district special education, out-of-district special education, pre-school transportation, homeless, summer special education (extended school year), and in-district and out-of-district, and field and sports trips. The Transportation Program (as defined below) varies each year based upon a number of factors, including but not limited to, classroom locations, placements, and student requests. The Contractor shall provide the necessary vehicles. The Contractor agrees that it will transport to and from the Board’s public schools, such persons as may be designated by the Board, and at such days, times and hours as designated by the Board, and will make such stops and travel along such routes (in conjunction with the Contractor) as are designated by the Board. The Contractor shall furnish such transportation services including personnel, supervision, fuel, vehicles, drivers, equipment, and other services required to transport all students to and from the Board’s public schools and other designated institutions. To avoid any doubt and notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, nothing is this Contract shall prohibit the Board from directly providing, and/or from engaging another provider to provide transportation services as determined by the Board. The specifics of the Board’s transportation program are described in the RFP, Article 5 (“Transportation Program”).
