Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1.1. Work Performed by the Contractor is limited to providing door-to-door transportation via buses, equipped with properly installed, age appropriate, infant/child car seats that conform to all applicable U.S. federal motor vehicle safety standards, for twenty (20) to forty (40) teenage parents (“Parents”) and twenty (20) to forty-five (45) children (birth to four (4) years old) each day that school is in session, including summer sessions.; 1.2. If the bus is not a school bus and the Contractor is located within Washington D.C., Alexandria, Fairfax County, Arlington County, Falls Church, Prince George's County, or Montgomery County, it must have a WMATC Permit. The WMATC website is www.wmatc.gov.; 1.3. The Parents and their children will be picked up from their homes and must arrive at the Arlington Career Center, 816 South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington VA. 22204, before 7:30 AM.; 1.4. The daily return trip begins at 3:15 PM. The buses will take the Parents and children directly home.; 1.5. Pickup and drop-off normally takes about one hour.; 1.6. The summer session is determined by the APS School Board approved summer school calendar for time, dates and location.; 1.7. A school calendar for the 2022-2023 school year is at Appendix 6. Dates are subject to change based on make-up days for inclement weather or other decisions to close schools.; 1.8. The current enrollment in the Teen Parenting Program is five (5) Parents and five (5) children. This amount will change as Parents graduate from the program or new Parents are added to the program. It will never exceed forty (40) Parents.; 1.9. The day, month and year of birth of the Parents and their zip code location is at Appendix 7.; 1.10. Snow Days: The Contractor shall monitor media announcements to keep informed of the closure of APS. No payment will be made to the Contractor on days when APS is closed.; 1.11. Drivers shall not, under any circumstance, pick up any passengers during the trip that are not part of the APS approved travel group.; 1.12. A second adult must always accompany the Parents and their children in the vehicle.; 1.13. The Contractor shall provide backup transportation services at no additional charge, in the event of bus breakdown or routine maintenance.; 1.14. The Contractor shall conduct semi-annual school bus evacuations as directed by APS Transportation Services.; 1.15. The Contractor shall immediately report all school bus accidents and traffic citations, while transporting APS Parents, to APS Transportation Services, Teen Parenting department and Safety, Risk and Emergency Management at 703-228-2987; Vehicles: 2.1 Vans are prohibited from being used to transport school Parents.; 2.2 Each bus must be equipped with industry standard first aid kit and fire extinguisher.; 2.3 The Contractor agrees to keep all buses in a safe operating condition at all times to include insuring they receive the proper preventive maintenance checks and services.; 2.4 Each bus will be equipped to meet all applicable federal and state Highway Specifications, Interstate Commerce Commission Specifications and local specifications, safety standards, emission requirements, and handicap provisions.; Personnel: 3.1 All bus drivers employed by the Contractor shall have a valid CDL License with a school bus endorsement and comply with the same rules and regulations followed by APS school bus drivers to include: 3.1.1 Bus drivers must assist with additional equipment, such as car seats for infants, when needed.; 3.1.2 All drivers must be drug tested at hire, annually and after accidents occur and APS must receive drug testing results to file.; 3.1.3 The bus driver must be undergo yearly physicals and hearing tests and the result must be sent to APS Transportation Services upon request.; 3.1.4 The Contractor must provide Safety Training to drivers and the result must be sent to APS Transportation Services upon request.; 3.1.5 Bus drivers must immediately report any point-bearing citations received in their private vehicles to the APS Transportation Services.
