Common use of Facilities and Equipment Clause in Contracts

Facilities and Equipment. Contractors shall maintain adequate facilities and equipment to ensure that buses are maintained in a safe condition and drivers and other staff have a safe working environment. All bus terminals must be of adequate size to park all awarded buses inside a fenced and lighted area each night. Adequate entrances and exits must be available to allow time efficient entering and exiting of the terminal area. Contractor must ensure buses are in a condition to start each day, regardless of weather conditions. Block heaters or other measures designed to insure cold-weather starts are required for all buses. Contractors are required to operate a garage to repair and maintain their buses, with an adequate number of indoor garage bays and mechanics to successfully maintain the number of vehicles assigned to the terminal. Contractors must maintain adequate service vehicles (wreckers are not required) and staff to perform road service calls in a timely manner. WI-FI: Contractors shall provide WI-FI access that supports the 802.11n standard, through the entire range of Contractor’s lot. WI-FI access enables MDT communications and automatic route and student data updates from MPS to the Contractor via the MDTs. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to insure proper security of its IT systems. Contractor must provide Ethernet ports with Internet access for each of the access ports / antennas required to provide full lot coverage. This is expected to be two Ethernet ports for most of the Contractor lots. Contractor must provide their own WI-FI equipment and ensure lot coverage. Contractor shall make their existing broadband connection available for MDT communications. Any reasonable broadband connection should suffice, with download speeds of 4 - 6 Mbps or more. MDT updates will occur throughout the night, after buses return from their afternoon routes, and before buses depart for their morning routes. Bandwidth usage during ordinary business hours will be minimal and will not diminish Contractor internet usage and speeds.