Alaska Administrative Code
Title 4 - Education and Early Development
Chapter 27 - Transportation of Pupils
4 AAC 27.086 - Competitive pupil transportation proposals
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) All contracts for pupil transportation awarded by a district school board must be based on the competitive proposal process. A request for proposals must, at a minimum, contain the following:
(b) The request for proposal for the basic to- and from-school transportation services may include activity bus services and optional equipment if the activity bus services and optional equipment costs are not included in the base costs of the basic to- and from-school transportation services and the request for proposals clearly itemizes contract costs as follows:
(c) The district shall ensure that all requests for proposals commence six months before the expiration date of the current contract. Pre-bid conferences shall be held 30 days after the release of the request for proposals. All requests for proposals must be due to the district 14 days after the pre-bid conference and opened on that same day in public at the hour and place stated in the request for proposals.
(d) After the district's school board action to offer a transportation contract, and following any board actions on petitions for reconsideration by proposers, the district school board shall forward a copy of the written proposed contract and successful proposal to the department not later than April 15 of the fiscal year preceding the first year of the contract. In addition, a copy of the final signed written contract shall be forwarded to the department not later than the first day of the contract.
(e) Notwithstanding (c) of this section, each district with an average daily membership of 4,500 or more shall work with the department to align, bid, and remain on the same five-year term cycle.
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