a. The prime objective is to provide safe, efficient, and reliable transportation services for SCPS for the benefit of its students, ensuring that students arrive at school timely without incurring any learning loss, and depart school on time. b. Contractor shall provide transportation services for the purpose of transporting SCPS students to and from school, field trips, sporting events, summer school, and various extracurricular activities without interruption. Contractor shall make available a sufficient number of licensed drivers to meet this requirement. The Contractor will be required to provide timely transportation services for students on regular routes, and SCPS’s special education students who are on special routes. Contractor understands that SCPS will not be able to assign the exact number of routes and/or student lists until the 15th of August of each year. The Contractor understands that the student lists and routes are subject to revision during the course of each school year. c. Contractor shall hire and maintain a trained workforce of drivers, and other related personnel sufficient to meet the requirements set forth in Items III (a.) and (b.) above. Contractor, at its own expense, shall be responsible for CPR training and First Aid training for its drivers and bus aides and must make certifications of such training available at the request of SCPS. Contractor will be required to hire and maintain a minimum number of drivers that is sufficient to staff all routes as well as cover typical call-out and other leave volume in order to meet SCPS’ student transportation needs.
