Posted Date : February 24,2022
Product (RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Etc.) ID : SW-53750
Government Authority located in Louisiana; USA based organization looking for expert vendor for school bus routing and tracking software.
[A] Budget: Looking for Proposals
[B] Scope of Service:
(1) Vendor needs to provide school bus routing and tracking software for route planning, GPS tracking of buses, student ridership, and bus location to school administrators and parents via a mobile application.
1. Routing Software o Must be an easy-to-use routing solution for users with little or no technical skill to create, update, and edit bus routes
o Route stop times, speeds, route paths must be individually adjustable by the user
o Must be able to generate both the shortest and fastest routes
o Stop sequence must be optimized based on district selected criteria
o Transportation employees must be able to easily move students between routes and buses
o Transportation employees must be able to change bus assigned to route, parents must be able to be notified of change
o System must support students utilizing multiple buses (shuttling, custody agreements, mornings or afternoons only, etc.)
o Support specialized routing (special needs routing, out of district routing, etc.)
o Ability to set parameters of students who qualify for transportation, and set non-eligibility zones, that will establish walk boundaries based on the district’s criteria
2. GPS Tracking
o Ability to provide tracking of bus
o Ability to overlay GPS data on map
o Currently GPS data is provided via Motorola XPR 5350
o Provide details of the GPS hardware and installation process
o Ability to outfit future buses with GPS hardware
3. Student Safety
o Must support the use of close proximity RFID cards, or ID barcode reading, to track student’s entry and exit on bus
o Ability for the driver to manually track the student’s entry and exit on bus, if student’s ID isn’t available
o Ability to alert driver when a student attempts to get off at wrong location
o Ability to alert driver when a student is expected to get off at a stop hasn’t disembarked
o Must be able to identify student stop location
o Must be able to identify and prevent any student from being forced to walk through hazardous areas
o Must be able to identify, and display on map, location of registered sex offender exclusion zones
4. Bus Tracking Application
o Application must be compatible with all major mobile and tablet devices (iPhone, iPad, and Android, etc.)
o Application must be supported in future updates
o Bus tracking must also be available via a web browser
o Must allow school administrators to track all buses transporting their students and display which students are currently on the bus
o Must have a public web application that is able to display a student’s bus stop location by the parent entering their home address, grade level, and any special needs
5. Driver and inspection tracking
o Must capture pre and post trip inspections
o Must capture bus driver’s time and attendance
6. Reporting
o Must maintain historical GPS and student ridership data for reporting
o Must include a pre-defined report library
o Ability to create custom reports
o Reports must be exportable to common formats (.doc, .xls, .csv, .pdf, etc.)
o System must bring key information to the user’s attention upon launching the program, such as students needing assigned and removed from routes
o Must be able to automate report sending via email based on users selected intervals
o Must provide analytics to generate “what-if” scenarios for fuel savings via alternative routes
(2) All questions must be submitted no later than March 18, 2022.
[C] Eligibility:
Global (World-wide)
[D] Work Performance:
Global, companies from all over the world can apply for this. However, meetings can be conducted via ONLINE conference calls.
Budget :
Deadline to Submit Proposals: March 25,2022
Cost to Download This RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Document : 5 US$
Product (RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Etc.) ID : SW-53750
Government Authority located in Louisiana; USA based organization looking for expert vendor for school bus routing and tracking software.
[A] Budget: Looking for Proposals
[B] Scope of Service:
(1) Vendor needs to provide school bus routing and tracking software for route planning, GPS tracking of buses, student ridership, and bus location to school administrators and parents via a mobile application.
1. Routing Software o Must be an easy-to-use routing solution for users with little or no technical skill to create, update, and edit bus routes
o Route stop times, speeds, route paths must be individually adjustable by the user
o Must be able to generate both the shortest and fastest routes
o Stop sequence must be optimized based on district selected criteria
o Transportation employees must be able to easily move students between routes and buses
o Transportation employees must be able to change bus assigned to route, parents must be able to be notified of change
o System must support students utilizing multiple buses (shuttling, custody agreements, mornings or afternoons only, etc.)
o Support specialized routing (special needs routing, out of district routing, etc.)
o Ability to set parameters of students who qualify for transportation, and set non-eligibility zones, that will establish walk boundaries based on the district’s criteria
2. GPS Tracking
o Ability to provide tracking of bus
o Ability to overlay GPS data on map
o Currently GPS data is provided via Motorola XPR 5350
o Provide details of the GPS hardware and installation process
o Ability to outfit future buses with GPS hardware
3. Student Safety
o Must support the use of close proximity RFID cards, or ID barcode reading, to track student’s entry and exit on bus
o Ability for the driver to manually track the student’s entry and exit on bus, if student’s ID isn’t available
o Ability to alert driver when a student attempts to get off at wrong location
o Ability to alert driver when a student is expected to get off at a stop hasn’t disembarked
o Must be able to identify student stop location
o Must be able to identify and prevent any student from being forced to walk through hazardous areas
o Must be able to identify, and display on map, location of registered sex offender exclusion zones
4. Bus Tracking Application
o Application must be compatible with all major mobile and tablet devices (iPhone, iPad, and Android, etc.)
o Application must be supported in future updates
o Bus tracking must also be available via a web browser
o Must allow school administrators to track all buses transporting their students and display which students are currently on the bus
o Must have a public web application that is able to display a student’s bus stop location by the parent entering their home address, grade level, and any special needs
5. Driver and inspection tracking
o Must capture pre and post trip inspections
o Must capture bus driver’s time and attendance
6. Reporting
o Must maintain historical GPS and student ridership data for reporting
o Must include a pre-defined report library
o Ability to create custom reports
o Reports must be exportable to common formats (.doc, .xls, .csv, .pdf, etc.)
o System must bring key information to the user’s attention upon launching the program, such as students needing assigned and removed from routes
o Must be able to automate report sending via email based on users selected intervals
o Must provide analytics to generate “what-if” scenarios for fuel savings via alternative routes
(2) All questions must be submitted no later than March 18, 2022.
[C] Eligibility:
Global (World-wide)
[D] Work Performance:
Global, companies from all over the world can apply for this. However, meetings can be conducted via ONLINE conference calls.
Budget :
Deadline to Submit Proposals: March 25,2022
Cost to Download This RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Document : 5 US$