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Board reviews transportation RFP; First Student sole bidder proposes five-year contract with higher rates
Summary
District staff recommended awarding a five-year transportation contract to First Student, the only bidder, which proposed a roughly 13% price increase but added services including a tardy bus and Cyclone Academy routes.
The Watertown City School District board reviewed the results of a transportation RFP and discussed awarding a five-year contract to First Student, the only vendor to submit a proposal. District staff said the contract would run through the 2029 school year and would incorporate services the district requested, including a tardy bus to pick up students who miss morning routes, activity and summer-school coverage, Cyclone Academy transportation and health-shuttle service.
Brian, First Student’s local representative, and Kara, the district…
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