Student Transportation Services

The district in St. Joseph, MO requires a USA-based vendor to provide safe, reliable, responsive, and cost-effective onsite student transportation services. The contractor must transport students between assigned schools or programs and district-approved locations on all district-designated days and times, including calendar changes, make-up days, early dismissals, delayed starts, summer school, and emergency schedule changes. Additionally, the contractor must collaboratively develop and optimize routes using district-approved software, provide preliminary routing materials 10 days before school starts, and deliver final approved materials 2 days before school starts. The vendor must inform students and families of route details and ridership rules at the contractor's expense, while maintaining a documented complaint-management process. The district seeks proposals to determine the budget. Bidders must submit all questions no later than November 30, 2026.