Specifications include, but are not limited to: This bid is for drivers only. The District will provide all buses and equipment necessary for the performance of services hereunder. Transportation vehicles shall not be operated by anyone other than a person holding the required license issued to him by the State of Illinois, and holding a school bus driver's permit issued to him by the Illinois Secretary of State. Every driver shall follow the normal and usual instructions and requirements of the State Board of Education and the District, and shall at all times comply with the motor vehicle laws of the State and all cities, villages, or other municipalities in which such vehicles may be operated and shall present such reports to aid the District that the District may request. It is recognized that, for the protection of the students, drivers and all other persons coming in contact with the students must be of stable personality and of highest moral character. Therefore, such employees will consent to a criminal background check, a Department of Child and Family Services (“DCFS”) background check, and drug and alcohol tests consistent with School Board Policy and State law. The responsibility for hiring and discharging personnel in respect to all of the foregoing shall rest entirely upon the Contractor, and the Contractor must agree that it shall enter into no agreement or arrangement with any employee, person, group or organization which will in any way interfere with the Contractor's ability to comply with these requirements. The Contractor shall furnish to the District the following information relative to each driver that will be used in the implementation of the Contract and be responsible for keeping current such information: 1. Name - first, middle and last; 2. Valid License details and school bus driver permit number for drivers of school buses. 3. Results of drug and alcohol tests on an employee obtained by Contractor after issuance of that employee's school bus driver permit. The District shall have the right to unilaterally require the dismissal of any driver from performing services under this Contract (but the Contractor will have the sole discretion to dismiss any such employee from employment with the Contractor). Drivers and alternate drivers engaged by the Contractor to perform services under this Contract shall be familiar with and comply with all rules, regulations and orders made or issued by the Illinois Department of Transportation, the State Board of Education, by the Regional Superintendent of Schools/Intermediate Service Center, or the Board (or any public body having applicable jurisdiction) relative to the operation or condition of transportation vehicles and relating to the transportation of the students. All such rules, regulations or orders, as the same may from time to time be amended, are hereby made a part of this Contract and incorporated herein by reference as though the same were fully set forth herein.
