{"id":10717,"date":"2023-05-18T23:35:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=10717"},"modified":"2023-05-18T23:37:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:37:10","slug":"framingham-seeking-new-bids-for-school-bus-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2023\/05\/18\/schools-education\/framingham-seeking-new-bids-for-school-bus-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Framingham Seeking New Bids for School Bus Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"alignright wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/school-bus-175x105.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Framingham School Bus Transportation\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> -- The City of Framingham, MA has released information that the contract for school buses <em>(with or without drivers)<\/em> for a three-year period from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026 are being put out to bid following the threat of a strike by drivers <em>(and monitors) <\/em>from&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/teamsters170hwf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Teamsters Local 170<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>of Worcester, MA against&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nrtbus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NRT Bus<\/strong><\/a><em><strong>,<\/strong> <\/em>the company which currently holds the contract to provide school transportation services in Framingham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>A last minute phone call from Framingham Mayor Charlie Sisitsky averted the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NRT's drivers and monitors were not in the union when Framingham awarded the contract to NRT, and due to the threat of a strike, (and other issues related to the performance of the contract), the City promised to put the contract back out for bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bid documents will be available on <strong>Wednesday, May 24, 2023<\/strong>, at 10:00 A.M and sealed bids are due on <strong>Wednesday, June 7, 2023<\/strong>, at 10:00 A.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, or to obtain an electronic version of the bid documents, visit the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/framinghamma.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">framinghamma.gov<\/a> website and click on \"Bid Opportunities\" and search for \u201c<strong>School Transportation Services, Bid 7993<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8212; The City of Framingham, MA has released information that the contract for school buses (with or without drivers) for a three-year period from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026 are being put out to bid following the threat of a strike by drivers (and monitors) from&nbsp;Teamsters Local 170&nbsp;of Worcester, MA against&nbsp;NRT Bus, the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2023\/05\/18\/schools-education\/framingham-seeking-new-bids-for-school-bus-contract\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5051,192,582],"class_list":["post-10717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-schools-education","tag-bus-strike","tag-framingham-schools","tag-school-bus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10717"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10721,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717\/revisions\/10721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}