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SFUSD awards student-transportation contract to Zoom Services, plans phased switch to electric buses

San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education · February 23, 2021
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Summary

After a best-value procurement, the board voted to award a multi-year student-transportation contract to Zoom Services, which promised a new fleet, hiring of incumbent drivers under a union contract, and a staged transition to 100% electric vehicles by 2025.

The San Francisco Unified School District has awarded its student-transportation contract to Zoom Services after a best-value RFP process. Procurement officials described a three-phase evaluation (responsiveness check, panel scoring of four value categories, and fee-sheet opening) that led to Zoom as the top-scoring bidder.

Zoom’s proposal emphasized student safety, on-board cameras, family-facing ride tracking and notifications, a technology platform to manage routes in real time, and a pledge to build a brand-new fleet with a 100% transition to electric vehicles by 2025. Zoom CEO…

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