Fleet Age Reports. No later than October 1, 2015, the Contractor shall provide Pupil Transportation Services with a Fleet Age Report which includes information in the following sequence: model year, manufacturer, size, fleet number, and license number. The report shall be sorted by age. G-06 Stand-By Vehicles: The Contractor shall maintain sufficient vehicles as spares; no less than five percent (5%) of the number of buses contracted with Milwaukee Public Schools and no less than ten percent (10%) of drivers as spares each and every day both AM and PM. Contractors that are awarded athletic and/or after school activity service, shall be required to have an additional two percent (2%) spare buses and 2% additional spare drivers, for a total of seven percent (7%) spare buses and twelve percent (12%) spare drivers. Spare vehicles should be located at strategic points during the hours that pupils are being transported, and have continual contact with the Contractor's dispatch. The Contractor must be able to respond to emergencies within fifteen (15) minutes. Chronic failure to maintain the appropriate number of stand by drivers and vehicles may result either in the cancellation of bus route contracts or the issuance of liquidated damages (G27A). G-07 Performance in Inclement Weather: When the District determines schools will be open even with adverse weather conditions, it is expected that the Contractor will provide service. Each contractor must submit to Pupil Transportation Services by November 1, 2015, a written guarantee that they will be able to run each route awarded. Guarantees shall list what precautions the Contractor has taken to ensure bus performance, i.e., electric heaters, snow plows, maintenance work contracts, source of gas, late shift mechanics, etc.
Fleet Age Reports. No later than October 1, 2013, the Contractor shall provide Pupil Transportation Services with a Fleet Age Report which includes information in the following sequence: model year, manufacturer, size, fleet number, and license number. The report shall be sorted by age. G-06 Stand-By Vehicles: The Contractor shall maintain sufficient vehicles as spares; no less than five percent (5%) of the number of buses contracted with Milwaukee Public Schools and no less than ten percent (10%) of drivers as spares each and every day both AM and PM. Spare vehicles should be located at strategic points during the hours that pupils are being transported, and have continual contact with the Contractor's dispatch. The Contractor must be able to respond to emergencies within fifteen (15) minutes. Chronic failure to maintain the appropriate number of stand by drivers and vehicles may result either in the cancellation of bus route contracts or the issuance of liquidated damages (G27A). G-07 Performance in Inclement Weather: When the District determines schools will be open even with adverse weather conditions, it is expected that the Contractor will provide service. Each contractor must submit to Pupil Transportation Services by November 1, 2013, a written guarantee that they will be able to run each route awarded. Guarantees shall list what precautions the Contractor has taken to ensure bus performance, i.e., electric heaters, snow plows, maintenance work contracts, source of gas, late shift mechanics, etc.
