Manual on Contracting for Vehicle Maintenance Services [FTA-IA-0008-92-1]

Details

• Creators:
  Maze, T. H. ; Waggoner, Kathleen
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Technical Assistance and Safety
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Alcohol tests
  • Competitive bidding
  • Drug tests
  • Maintenance management
  • Manuals
  • Rural transit
  • Vehicle maintenance
  • Buses
  • Local transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA-IA-11-0008-92-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Technical Assistance and Safety
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this manual is to guide transit agencies in the development of contracting documents and contracting relationships. Although the manual focuses on rural, small urban, and specialized transit operations, it contains useful information for all public agencies intending to purchase vehicle maintenance services through competitively awarded contracts. The manual is intended to be used for self study or to provide backgroud material for workshop style training. Classroom exercises are included for this purpose. To emphasize important and/or complex concepts, the manual contains numerous brief case studies. The manual contains 5 chapters, four devoted to contract concepts - guidelines for contracting, competitive bidding, competitive negotiation, and contract controlling. One chapter focuses on the relationship between the agency and the contractor when the agency requires the contractor to test its employees for drugs and alcohol. The manual also contains three appendices, including statutes governing contracting, case studies, and samples of the "state-of-the-practice" of maintenance contracting throughout the country, and special handling considerations when maintaining alternative fueled vehicles
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/30492/dot_30492_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.41 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d6c8da30379321f06b5645d2e59383a7b1a9abc1be041acc26ee643b8856012e