For John, BLUF: This Special Education bus contract imbroglio does not seem perfectly clear and straight forward. Nothing to see here; just move along.
That would be the Lowell School Committee.
This article is from The [Lowell] Sun, by Reporter Todd Feathers (tfeathers@lowellsun.com), 10 November 2017.
Here is the lede plus two:
After weeks of deliberation and a lengthy executive session on Thursday, the School Committee voted 5-1 to delay making a decision on the district's special-education transportation contract.This leaves me with three questions:The committee has been considering terminating the current contract with SP&R Transportation after a 5-year-old boy was left on a bus for five hours earlier this year.&Nbsp; School administrators have been in talks with Pridestar EMS to take over the contract, and the company presented a detailed proposal on Thursday.
But after an executive session, the committee reconvened and with no discussion voted to table the issue until Nov. 15.
- If the Contract Incumbent is in breach of contract (incompetent), why have they not been terminated?
- Does the School Committee, or the School Administration have contracting authority?
- Shouldn't the issuing of a new contract require free and open competition between all qualified parties, with the award going to the lowest responsible bidder?
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