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aking a purchase can be as simple as a quick tap on your phone screen. But transportation departments decision to purchase buses, work with a contractor, or buy transportation technol-


ogy is a much more involved process. While it may seem intimidating, student transporters weighed in on where to start when creating an RFP, short for Request for Proposal or Request for Procurement, and how to know make sure that you get exactly what you need for your operations. Kimberly Rainey, executive director of procurement,


warehouse, and transportation-business operations at Oakland Unified School District in California, shared that her department begins the process by speaking with her peers at nearby districts. Following these discussions and seeing that there was a general standard format for RFPs, she realized Oakland would need a new approach to meet its needs. “We were looking for a new updated way to do a true


comprehensive school transportation package (buses, vans, cars) that would align with technology and apps that were similar to Lyft, FedEx, etc. This comprehensive system would also help us to offset some driver shortages, and we knew it could be done,” she said.


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