# Yesprep Public Schools Ionwave #RFP#YESP2026-26

YES Prep seeks general and specialized student transportation services

**Posted:** October 07, 2026
**Respond By:** October 29, 2026
**Identifier:** RFP#YESP2026-26
**NAICS:** 485410, 485991, 485999

YES Prep Public Schools is seeking a transportation-services provider for its Houston-area schools, including regular routes and specialized student transportation.
- **Buyer:** YES Prep Public Schools, Procurement / Purchasing, Houston, Texas.
- **Requested services:** K–12 general transportation; PK–12 special education and other specialized transportation; McKinney-Vento transportation; field trips, extracurricular and district-wide events; and non-school-day trips. Route volumes may change, and no minimum service volume is guaranteed.
- **Route pricing formats:** Regular routes are priced per route per day for a 4-hour-45-minute service period; double-tier routes for 6 hours 30 minutes; monitors per hour; and field trips per bus per hour, with minimum-hour and cancellation terms requested. Vendors may price all routes or selected campuses/areas.
- **Fleet and named OEM:** The solicitation identifies 71-passenger Type C buses as the primary vehicle type and **Thomas C2 buses from Thomas Built Buses** as preferred, but not required. Accessible vehicles, wheelchair securement, lift-equipped buses, and five-point harnesses are needed when student plans require them.
- **Technology and operations:** Provide GPS, cameras, two-way radios, routing software, and electronic ridership, mileage, on-time-performance, route-efficiency, and field-trip reporting. Routing software must support the Texas Education Agency Route Services Report; annual route creation and weekday route changes with a 48-hour turnaround are required. **Travel Tracker** is identified as the current field-trip reservation portal.
- **Service and staffing requirements:** Vendors must describe fleet capacity, trained drivers and monitors, customer service for families, continuity and emergency response, and a plan to achieve at least 95% on-time performance. Maintain substitute rosters of at least 15% of assigned drivers and 10% of assigned monitors; conduct route dry runs at vendor expense before school years, summer programs, and new routes.
- **Safety and accountability:** Report serious incidents verbally as soon as practical and within 10 minutes of awareness, provide a written report within 24 hours, and preserve requested video footage for delivery within 48 hours. Retain operational reports for at least five years and provide requested data within three business days.
- **Commercial details:** The pricing response is expected to account for labor, vehicles and other materials, management, implementation, permits, and unforeseen expenses, and include a minimum one-year parts-and-labor warranty. A driver hourly rate, field-trip minimum hours, cancellation terms, and annual escalation for multi-year pricing are also requested.
- **Named organizations:** YES Prep Public Schools is the buyer; Thomas Built Buses is the named bus OEM; Travel Tracker is the named reservation platform. No transportation contractor is named in the supplied materials.
- **Estimated value:** The solicitation does not state a contract value. The estimate below is a broad planning range; actual value depends on route volume and usage.

### Description

YES Prep Public Schools is soliciting proposals for transportation services. The request covers service options for regular education, double-tier, and special education routes, as well as vendor-provided monitors and field trips; the pricing sheet requests daily route costs and related rates and fees. The initial contract term is one year, with up to four additional one-year extensions by mutual consent. Proposals are due October 29, 2026, at 10:00 AM CT, and an optional online pre-bid meeting is scheduled for October 22, 2026.

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