This bid is for daily student transportation services throughout Chicago, Illinois, and surrounding suburbs.
Due
November 23, 2026
8 days left
Location
Chicago, IL
Illinois
Posted on
Bonfire
Notice ID
26-1456
Please quote daily student transportation services, including morning and afternoon school routes, midday trips, and summer service, throughout Chicago, Illinois, and surrounding suburbs.
Service: Morning and afternoon school routes, midday trips, and summer service, including students with special needs who are ambulatory or use wheelchairs.
Term: August 1, 2027 to July 31, 2030, with pricing held firm for all three years.
Fleet: Type A, B, or C yellow school buses, no older than 15 years and under 288,460 miles at the start of each school year.
Staffing: Licensed, screened, trained drivers, plus aides where required.
Equipment: Zonar GPS/EVIR, Edulog integration, child-check systems, and at least two cameras with audio on each bus.
Routes: Route quantities are not guaranteed.
Please confirm availability and send your quote by November 23, 2026.
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Deadline: November 23, 2026
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What they need
ServiceAM/PM school routes, midday trips, and summer service, including ambulatory and wheelchair-using students with special needs.
TermAugust 1, 2027–July 31, 2030, with pricing firm for three years.
FleetType A, B, or C yellow school buses; maximum 15 years old and 288,460 miles at each school year's start. Please identify available capacity, wheelchair lifts, air conditioning, and spare buses.
Staffing and equipmentLicensed, screened, trained drivers; aides where required; Zonar GPS/EVIR, Edulog integration, child-check systems, and at least two cameras with audio per bus.
PricingDaily bus rates by eight service zones for Types A/B and Type C, plus per-mile rates covering fuel and maintenance, excluding deadhead mileage. Include aide rates and an eight-hour Type C rapid-response rate. Route quantities are not guaranteed.
Past history: who won HVAC work in Illinois
Recent federal contract awards (federal buyers) in the same industry in Illinois, from USAspending.gov. These are comparable jobs, not earlier rounds of this exact solicitation.
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