Below pasted from DOE website, postponement of school bus contract bidding without EPP (however there is still no change in the bid awards for Fall 2014 which were done without Employee Protection Provisions). We know from the 2013 changes that this can/will lead to mass layoffs, untrained rookies, wages cut in half, and turnover, service disruptions due to bankruptcy, and god forbid: accidents/incidents. We invite everyone to express your concern to the Mayor who can reverse the process. Yes we need better companies and vehicles but what good are they if the experienced and proven safe drivers are thrown away in the process? BID TITLE: Transportation Services for Students with Disabilities and Their Non-Disabled Peers BID NUMBER: B2394 BID DUE DATE & TIME: *NEW! *NEW! October 31, 2014 by 4:00 P.M at 65 Court St., Room 1201, Brooklyn, NY 11201 BID OPENING DATE & TIME: *NEW! *NEW! (Tentative) November 5 and November 6, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the School Construction Authority - Atrium, 30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City New York, 11101 Pre-Bid Conference: December 17, 2013 @ 1:30PM School Construction Authority 30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City NY 11101, 5th floor conference rooms Space for attendance at the conference is limited to 3 people per company. Please email the names, titles, company name and address of attendees to: [email protected] This Request for Bids (RFB) is to provide School Bus Transportation for school age students with disabilities and other riders citywide. The Office of Pupil Transportation is seeking bids for approximately 4,000 vehicles to provide safe, reliable and efficient transportation services to students. It is anticipated that service will begin for the 2015-2016 school year on or about September 1, 2015. This RFB will result in multiple 5-year requirements contracts. This RFB is for the transportation between the homes and/or stops and schools of city residents with disabilities and other riders between five and twenty-one years of age attending Educational Programs located within the greater metropolitan area (i.e., the five boroughs of New York City; Westchester, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York; sites in New Jersey; and, sites in Connecticut so long as they are within a 50 mile radius of the City’s boundaries). In addition, this RFB is intended to cover the Board of Education’s requirements for transportation between residential treatment facilities and schools, between schools (within and outside of the City) and field trip destinations (within the City only), from after school programs to home or alternative afternoon drop-off locations, and for such other uses as provided herein. With the 2015-2016 School Year, the DOE intends to construct routes to be performed under this (and other) contract(s) based on a wide variety of students being transported on each vehicle. Accordingly, it is anticipated that any vehicle under this contract might transport any combination of students (students with disabilities whose Educational Programs may or may not designate specific transportation requirements as well as non-disabled students). Login to the Vendor Portal to download BID B2394
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:26:53 +0000
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