Transportation 2026 Bid

2026-11-03

Scope of School Bus Transportation Services 4 . 1 The Contractor shall provide school bus transportation services for the Whitman - Hanson Regional School District commencing July 1 , 2026 , as below . The Whitman - Hanson Regional School District Transportation staff members shall work closely with the contractor ’ s staff to determine the actual number of buses required for daily transportation to and from schools and such determination shall govern as to the actual number of buses to be charged against the daily rate ( see also Section 5 . 2 ). The Whitman - Hanson Regional School District makes no representations or guarantees as to the number of buses that will be required over the lifetime of the contract . The following is a description of current transportation services : 4 . 1 . 1 To and from schools within Whitman and Hanson , MA : Whitman - Hanson Regional School District presently has 3 elementary , 2 middle , and 1 high school that are transported daily utilizing fifteen ( 15 ) 71 - passenger buses and three ( 3 ) 84 passenger buses .( See Appendix A for current routes ). 4 . 1 . 2 Athletic events ( games , tournaments and practices ) for Whitman - Hanson Regional School District . 4 . 1 . 3 Field trips for Whitman - Hanson Regional School District . 4 . 2 Whitman - Hanson Regional School District shall have priority use of the bus fleet to meet all the transportation requirements set forth in these specifications . When not being used by Whitman - Hanson Regional School District , the Contractor may use the bus fleet at its own discretion . 4 . 3 Whitman - Hanson Regional School District programs such as Special Education , Community Education , and Summer School , as well as other Whitman - Hanson Regional School District departments , reserve the right to use the Contract at its own discretion . 5 . 0 Transportation to and from Schools 5 . 1 Definitions : For the purpose of these Specifications , the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below : 5 . 1 . 1 Bar Charts : A graph indicating Operation Time by route and which indicates the assignment of specific routes to specific vehicles . Whitman - Hanson Regional School District expressly reserves the right to assign specific routes to specific vehicles in order to reduce Operation Time and Overtime . Whitman - Hanson Regional School District shall not be liable for payment of Operation Time and / or Overtime in a manner which is different from the organization devised by the Whitman - Hanson Regional School District . See also , Section 5 . 2 . 5 . 1 . 2 Bus - Per - Day Service : Bus - Per - Day Service shall be defined as Operation Time , as hereinafter defined , of the scheduled pickup and drop off of students at Whitman - Hanson Regional School District . 5 . 1 . 3 Head Counts : Daily documentation may be requested for each route completed by each bus driver indicating the total number of students that boarded or exited the bus at each scheduled stop which shall be recorded on forms prepared by the Whitman - Hanson Regional School District . All services within the applicable Bus - Per - Day Service as defined in Section 5 . 1 . 2 , including late buses , shall be paid at the Bus - Per - Day Rate as specified in the Contractor ' s bid . 5 . 1 . 4 Operation Time : Continuous live mileage time from the pick - up of the first monitor or student at the first scheduled stop until the last scheduled drop - off of the last monitor or student for a particular route . Operation Time shall be determined by the amount of time required to complete all scheduled pick - ups and drop - offs as determined by Route Schedules and Bar Charts prepared by Whitman - Hanson Regional School District . Operation Time shall be totaled separately for mornings and afternoons . Operation Time for afternoon routes shall begin as of the time the bus is scheduled to be at the school in order to pick up students . Time between routes (“ interval time ”) shall NOT be included in the calculation of Operation Time or Bus - Per - Day Service . Travel time to and from the bus terminal / depot is NOT included in the calculation of Operation Time or Bus - Per - Day Service . 5 . 1 . 5 Route Schedules : Whitman - Hanson Regional School District expressly reserves the right to assign particular routes to particular vehicles . Bus schedules prepared by Whitman - Hanson Regional School District indicate , at a minimum , the time the bus is scheduled to make the first monitor or student pick - up and last monitor or student drop off ( route start and end times ), and the location of each stop on the route . Route Schedules may also include the precise time each stop is scheduled and the names of passengers assigned by bus stop . Afternoon schedules shall commence as of the time that the bus is scheduled to be at the school in order to pick up students as stated in the Route Schedules . Whitman - Hanson Regional School District expressly reserves the right to assign particular routes to particular vehicles in order to reduce Operation Time and mileage . Whitman - Hanson Regional School District shall not be liable for payment which results from the Contractor ’ s decision to organize route and / or vehicles in a manner which is different from the organization devised by the Whitman - Hanson Regional School District staff . Whitman - Hanson Regional School District shall not be liable for payment of overtime which results from the Contractor ’ s decision to organize routes and / or vehicles in a manner which is different from the organization devised by Whitman - Hanson Regional School District transportation staff or administration .

Massachusetts

2026-05-02