RFP-PLA01-16 - ADA Paratransit Services

The County of Orange (County) seeks proposals from qualified firms for the provision of American with Disabilities Act (ADA) complementary paratransit services in and around the Cities of Newburgh and Middletown and in and around the Town of Monroe.  ADA complementary paratransit service is comparable transit service required by the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and related regulations, which require "...each public entity operating a fixed-route system shall provide paratransit or other special service to individuals with disabilities that is comparable to the level of service provided to individuals without disabilities who use the fixed route system."  Paratransit service is available to all paratransit-eligible riders approved to use the service whose trips have an origin and a destination within three-quarters of a mile on either side of the fixed local routes operated in those areas.  Paratransit service is on-demand and requires reservations, scheduling, and dispatching.  The County’s Planning Department oversees the service