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 crossing locations throughout the city. Crossing guards must have the ability to communicate effectively with children, parents, staff, and drivers to promote safety. The scope of work requires crossing guards to work two and a half hours per day, consisting of one hour in the morning and one and a half hours in the afternoon. Guards may interrupt vehicular traffic at uncontrolled intersections as necessary, but they are not authorized to direct traffic contrary to existing traffic control devices like stop signs and traffic signals. The agency requires guards to remain at their assigned crossings whenever students are visibly approaching and prohibits them from leaving until all students have arrived or departed safely. The agency requires the vendor to equip all crossing 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. The performance of the administrative work will be offsite, though the physical guarding services must occur at the designated locations in Reading. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is looking for proposals to determine the cost. The sole key date specified by the agency is the deadline for submitting questions, which must be received no later than June 16, 2026. No other evaluation criteria or specific selection timelines are detailed in the agency request.