School Crossing Guards Services

The City of Reading, Pennsylvania is seeking a vendor to provide adequately trained and qualified civilian, part-time crossing guards to facilitate safe travel by students, parents, and others. The agency needs to solve the problem of ensuring pedestrian safety at forty-seven designated locations throughout the city. The selected crossing guards will work two and a half hours per day, consisting of one hour in the morning and one and a half hours in the afternoon. The scope of work requires crossing guards to interrupt vehicular traffic at uncontrolled intersections as necessary to enable safe crossings. Crossing guards must remain at their assigned locations whenever students are visibly approaching and may not leave until all students have arrived or departed safely. The agency requires the guards to possess the ability to effectively communicate with children, parents, staff, and drivers to promote safety. The agency is not authorizing crossing guards to act as law enforcement officers or to direct vehicular traffic contrary to existing traffic control devices such as stop signs and traffic signals. Bidders must equip the guards with appropriate uniforms and safety items, including high-visibility uniforms, hand-held stop signs, and foul weather gear. Eligibility is restricted to onshore organizations based in the United States of America, and the performance of the work will occur offsite from the bidder's perspective at the designated city locations. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is looking for proposals to determine the cost. The evaluation criteria are not detailed in the source material, but the agency requires compliance with all stated operational and equipment specifications. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than June 16, 2026.