Crossing Guard Services

The City of Santa Maria, California, is seeking a vendor to provide professional school crossing guard services to ensure student safety at designated street crossings. The agency requires a partner to manage the entire lifecycle of the crossing guard program, including recruitment, pre-employment screening, hiring, training, supervision, and discipline. The selected provider must ensure all guards are at least eighteen years of age, possess the ability to read, write, and speak English, and have no convictions for felonies, violent crimes, or crimes against children. The scope of work requires guards to create safe crossing opportunities for students without unnecessarily impeding the normal flow of vehicular traffic. Guards must be trained in accordance with the California Vehicle Code, the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and recognized industry best practices. Specific duties include using stop paddles and hand signals to cross children safely, maintaining order among assembled students, minimizing traffic delays, and reporting traffic violators to the local police department. Bidders must perform all services onsite in Santa Maria, California, and the agency restricts eligibility to onshore entities located within the United States. The agency is requesting pricing proposals for a contract period of one year. Interested parties must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than June 22, 2026.