COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Boston Public Schools (BPS) is seeking a comprehensive transportation management system to manage all aspects of school bus transportation for approximately 20,000 students who travel to 200+ schools on approximately 3,000 daily routes throughout the school year. The system should provide safe, reliable, on-time, and cost-effective transportation to students throughout the City of Boston. The system should include software and GPS navigation tablets for managing daily dispatch and bus operations, accurately tracking the status of all buses in the fleet, managing employee clock-in/out and time tracking, providing parent and school apps for parents/guardians and schools to track their student's buses and receive communications from the district, the ability to manage ad-hoc transportation for athletics and field trips, and providing data and reporting functionalities to meet the district's requirements. • The system should be able to handle routing, managing daily dispatch and bus operations, and accurately tracking the status of all buses in the fleet. • The system should provide parent and school apps for parents/guardians and schools to track their student's buses and receive communications from the district. • The system should be able to manage ad-hoc transportation for athletics and field trips. • The system should provide data and reporting functionalities to meet the district's requirements.