The transportation of York Suburban School District students is a specialized function. The essence of any student transportation contract is that the students be transported to and from school regularly, promptly, safely and without interruption or incident. The primary obligation of the responder is to operate its affairs so that the District will be assured of continuous, reliable and safe service. For the protection of the students, drivers and all other persons coming in contact with children must be of stable personality and of the highest moral character. The School Directors expect the responders to accept full responsibility for assuring such qualities in their personnel. Therefore, all required security clearances and background checks must be satisfactorily completed in accordance with laws and provided to the District prior to beginning employment and upon request. Under the proposed service agreement, the contractor will be responsible for student transportation service subject to the approval of the District. As such, the contractor must be skilled in the following areas: • management expertise • maintaining an appropriate compliment of regular and substitute drivers • vehicle repairs • driver training • safety training • maintaining an appropriate compliment of school busses and other vehicles • providing efficient office operations In addition, the Contractor will be responsible for the routing and dispatching of all vehicles. It will be the responsibility of the Contractor to have its staff trained in the use of the District’s transportation routing software (Transfinder) so that all routing functions can be completed quickly and efficiently. By submitting a Proposal and accepting a contract, the contractor represents that it has such management expertise; the necessary regular and substitute drivers; vehicle mechanics; driver training and safety personnel; school buses, spare vehicles and other vehicles; offices, vehicle maintenance and staging areas; and any other equipment, materials, supplies, information systems, and personnel necessary to meet these Specifications.
