SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOL BUS SPECIFICATIONS

All equipment furnished under this ITB shall be new, current production, and in full compliance with these specifications. Any deviation from the specifications shall be clearly identified by the vendor in the compliance matrix or exception section. Substitutions or “equal” products shall not be accepted unless specifically identified in writing by the vendor and approved by the District. Failure to identify exceptions shall be interpreted as full compliance. All specifications are intended to establish minimum acceptable requirements. Vendors may propose equipment that exceeds the specifications, provided all minimum requirements are met. Failure to disclose deviations or exceptions may result in bid rejection.

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SECTION 1- GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1-1 Quantity: Three (3) units matching these specifications

1-2 Year Model: New, unused 2026 model year or later Conventional Special Education School Bus

1-3 Bus shall be constructed on a 54-passenger conventional body and equipped with track-mounted seating to provide the following configurations:

• 39 ambulatory passengers and 1 wheelchair position;

• 33 ambulatory passengers and 2 wheelchair positions; and

• 27 ambulatory passengers and 3 wheelchair positions.

Reconfiguration shall be achieved by removal of 4 track-mounted seats.

1-4 Delivery required within 60 days of award to 910 Ridgely Road location

1-5 Provide minimum 12 hours of service training included for body and chassis components

1-6 Warranty: 36 months/ 50k bumper to bumper 1-7 Engine Warranty: 5 years/100,000 miles 1-8 Transmission Warranty: 5 years unlimited miles 1-9 Mobile Repair: Must include 24-hour response with on-site service for warranty repairs

1-10 Vendor shall provide one complete set manuals for each unit, including Owner’s Manual, Body Manual, Maintenance Manual, Engine Manual, and Transmission Manual, plus warranty documentation.

1-11 Towing Coverage for engine-related problems:

minimum 2 years

1-12 Include a list of recommended parts for the buses being bid

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Comments/Exceptions 1-13 Bus shall comply with all State of Tennessee and

Federal school bus standards and requirements. Final acceptance and payment are contingent upon successful completion of the State of Tennessee inspection.

1-14 Floor Plan: Must include copy of floor plan showing minimum 29” knee room

1-15 Seat plan: Vendor shall submit a copy of the proposed floor plan demonstrating compliance with the following minimum requirements:

• 29-inch seat spacing,

• Capacity for 40 passengers,

• Track-mounted seating, and

• Three (3) wheelchair positions

1-16 Delivery Condition: All units shall be delivered fully cleaned, washed, and free of debris, with all protective coverings removed.

SECTION 2- CHASSIS AND POWERTRAIN

2-1 Axle Ratio: Geared to go 74 MPH and governed at 70

MPH

2-2 Air Compressor: Minimum of 18.7 CFM 2-3 Air Compressor: 5 year/ 100K mile warranty 2-4 Air Dryer: Bendix AD-IP with heater 2-5 Air Tanks: Quantity of 3 tanks with minimum 4300 cu in capacity

2-6 Air Tank Drains: Remote skirt-mounted access door to drain all air tanks

2-7 Alternator: Minimum 270-amp Leece Neville 2-8 Front Axle: Minimum 10,000 lbs. GVWR with oil bath bearings

2-9 Rear Axle: Minimum 23,000 lbs. GVWR with oil bath bearings

2-10 Batteries: Three Group 31 batteries with 3000 CCA minimum

2-11 Batteries: Disconnect switch located in Battery box 2-12 Battery Box: Battery tray shall have roller bearings for easy access

2-13 Block Heater: Minimum 750 watts with receptacle mounted to front fender area

2-14 Starting aid: Webasto 17k EVO Diesel programable fuel heater

2-15 Driveline: Guards around each shaft 2-16 Engine Rating: Minimum 250 HP and 600 ft-lbs.

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Comments/Exceptions 2-17 Engine Type: Inline 6, Cummins ISB with the latest

EPA standards

2-18 Engine Exhaust Brake: Include turbo engine exhaust brake

2-19 Engine: include fast idle 2-20 Exhaust: Left side under bumper/aluminized steel 2-21 Frame rail: 80,000 lbs. psi for maximum chassis strength

2-22 Fuel Filter: Cummins installed, Replaceable Spin on type at the engine

2-23 Fuel Filter: Davco or Detroit heated with see through bowl

2-24 Fuel Tank: Minimum 100 gallons between frame rails 2-25 Fuel Tank: Spring loaded door and access plate with thumb latch

2-26 Engine: Include Cruise Control

SECTION 3- BRAKES AND SUSPENSION

3-1 All wheel Antilock: Bendix with self-diagnostic lights in dash

3-2 Front Brakes: Front air disc brakes meeting OEM maximum size for the specified axle ratings.

3-3 Rear Brakes: Rear air disc brakes meeting OEM maximum size for the specified axle ratings.

3-4 Front Suspension: Springs with 10,000 lbs. GVWR to match axle

3-5 Rear Suspension: Air ride suspension with 23,000 lbs.

minimum GVWR to match axle

3-6 Shocks: Front and rear 3-7 Tow Hooks: Front and rear mounted 3-8 Tires: Front and rear balanced 3-9 Tires: All tires (front and rear) shall be highway tread, size 255/70R low profile, 16-ply rating

3-10 Transmission: Allison PTS 3000 Series automatic with 6 speed with minimum 5-year warranty

3-11 Transmission Cooling: Internal or external cooler 3-12 Transmission Feature: Basic Fuel Sense 3-13 Wheelbase: Approximately 219” for 29” knee space and 54 passenger bus shell

3-14 Wheels: Disc Hub piloted 22.5 x 8.25, Alcoa Aluminum polished

3-15 Wheel Cut: Minimum of 55-degree front wheel turn/cut

3-16 Steering wheel: tilt and telescoping

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SECTION 4- BODY AND INTERIOR

4-1 Camera: Installed- 8 head digital camera system, all with wide angle lenses to view entire interior of bus.

Includes trigger and panic. System to be compatible with current fleet.

4-2 Back-up Alarm: Back up warning device 112 DBS mounted to rear bumper

4-3 Back- Camera: Automatically comes on when reverse is engaged.

4-4 Assist Rails: Left and right-side handrails at stepwell 4-5 Barriers: 2 high back 39” DOT barriers with one modesty panel

4-6 Body Mounts Clips: Double bolted for maximum strength

4-7 Front Bumper: 12” bolted to frame, 3/16” thick, with front crossing arm

4-8 Rear Bumper: 12”, bolted to frame Chassis Grill: to be chrome in color

4-9 Cell Phone Outlet: Driver’s dash mounted 4-10 Emergency Door: Upper and lower glass with lock

38”x 60”

4-11 Entrance Door: Outward opening, air control with “3 position switch” with lock

4-12 Document Holder: 6" x 9" mounted in front header area

4-13 Fenders: metal or fiberglass fenders shall be installed around all wheel wells

4-14 Emergency Exits: Two push-out windows with buzzers

4-15 Emergency Exits: One roof hatch with buzzers 4-16 Flooring: Black 4-17 Flooring: Metal aisle trim with 18” center aisles 4-18 Flooring: Exterior grade plywood screwed down full length

4-19 Flooring: rubber over wheel housings 4-20 Headroom: Minimum 78 inches before plywood 4-21 Driver Seat: High back, air operated, and tilt back.

Black with fabric inserts

4-22 Driver Seat: Include heat element 4-23 Driver Seat: Fold down right and left arm rest 4-24 Driver Seat: Fluorescent Orange Lap and shoulder belt

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Comments/Exceptions 4-25 Passenger Seats: Qty 13 passenger seats, all three-passenger, 39-inch DOT high-back seats equipped with three-point seat belts and heavy-duty fire-block upholstery. The first 5 seats on each side of the bus shall include Integrated Child Seats (ICS)

4-26 Passenger Seats: Driver’s Side- 5 floor-mounted seats and 2 removable track-mounted seats

4-27 Passenger Seats: Entrance Door Side: 4 floor-mounted seats and 2 removable track-mounted seats

4-28 Wheelchair Tiedowns: Include 3 auto-retracting wheelchair tiedown systems with J-hooks and integrated lap and shoulder belts. Tiedown systems shall include storage pouches mounted to the side wall.

4-29 Wheelchair Track (Upper): L-track installed above side windows to secure wheelchair lap and shoulder belts for all 3 wheelchair positions

4-30 Wheelchair Track- Driver’s Side Rear: 2 wheelchair positions located on the driver’s side rear of the bus, each providing a minimum of 60” of clear floor length, for a total of 120”. Each position shall include 4 parallel strips of floor-mounted L-track running parallel to the side wall. Floor track shall be covered with two (2) 39-inch passenger seats equipped with three-point seat belts when not in wheelchair configuration.

4-31 Wheelchair track:

Entrance Door Side Rear: One wheelchair position located on the entrance door side rear of the bus, providing a minimum of 60” of clear floor length and 4 parallel strips of floor-mounted L-track running parallel to the side wall. Floor track shall be covered with 2 passenger seats when not in wheelchair configuration, one (1) 39-inch seat with three-point seat belts and one (1) 39-inch seat with three-point seat belts and Integrated Child Seat (ICS).

4-32 Side Panels: Interior aluminized steel side walls 4-33 Solenoid: Disconnect all body circuits 4-34 Stepwell: Three step Insulated stepwell entrance with exterior guard/ Slant 3 step lined

4-35 Vents: Two, driver fresh air and static roof vent 4-36 Passenger Windows: Aluminum frames, 12” tempered and dark tinted side and rear

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Comments/Exceptions 4-37 Driver Window: Double sliding, aluminum sash, tempered

4-38 Passenger windows: Black low glare aluminum window frames

4-39 Passenger Windows: Double sliding, split sash 4-40 Windshield: One piece bonded, 3,000 sq in visibility with 4” of shade at the top

4-41 Windshield: Two grip handles above windshield 4-42 Wipers: Two speeds with intermittent feature

SECTION 5- HEATING AND CLIMATE

5-1

Air Conditioning: minimum of 120,000 BTU total MCC brand. No exceptions- In wall front with separate driver’s louvre and inwall rear evaporators. Skirt mounted condensers, and dual compressors. All shall meet the Tennessee pull-down standard.

5-2 Front Heater: Standard front heater and defroster system

5-3 Heaters: Include Stepwell heater with 30K total BTU

5-4 Heaters: include heavy duty metal booster pump for rear heater

5-6 Heaters: Dual heater cut off valves

5-7 Defroster fans- 2 Dual 6” dash mounted fans

5-8 Rear Heater: 84K BTU heater mounted to rear right wall behind lift

5-9 Heater Controls: Dash mounted water regulator valve

SECTION 6- ELECTRICAL AND TECHNOLOGY

6-1 Wiring: Flame retardant. Color and number coded 6-2 Wiring: Wiring shall be protected by a combination of manual and auto-resetting circuit breakers, as appropriate for chassis and body systems.

6-3 Wiring: To have multiplex wiring with quick interchangeable switch positions

6-4 Wiring: All wiring body and chassis to have diagnostic capabilities

6-5 Wiring: To provide a fuse tie in / access for adding customer accessories

6-6 Instruments: Speedometer with odometer, voltmeter, oil pressure, dual air pressure gauges

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Comments/Exceptions 6-7 Instruments: Hour meter, water and transmission temperature gauge

6-8 Instruments: Air filter indicator, tachometer, fuel gauge

6-9 Instruments: Electric RPM/ fast idle control with cruise control

6-10 Instruments: Trip odometer 6-11 Instruments: all instruments to provide diagnostic capabilities for chassis and body.

6-12 Instruments: Auto Pre- trip light test for driver.

6-13 Lights: Interior LED stepwell light and exterior entrance LED light mounted at side skirt.

6-14 Lights: all interior and exterior lights to be LED

6-15 Lights: rear door driver alert sign wired to brakes, warnings, etc.

6-16 Lights: Two exterior rear wheelwell mounted LED lights wired to automatically come on when the bus transmission is put in reverse.

6-17 Lights: Left and right-side mounted LED directional

6-18 Lights: Headlights with heater and daytime running

6-19 Lights: Flush mounted LED warning lights with strobe

6-20 Lights: LED Clearance and Cluster with brush guards or flush mounted

6-21 Front and rear amber LED directionals

6-22 Rear roof mounted LED strobe light with brush guard

6-23 16-light monitor mounted front bulkhead

6-24 Noise Suppressant: dash mounted switch to turn off all items that produce noise

6-25 Radio: AM/FM/PA/Aux with 6 to 8 speakers

6-26 Zonar GPS hardware mounted in driver storage area

6-27 Lift: Braun- rated to 1000 lbs. minimum lift capacity

6-28 Lift Door: right side lift door with upper glass and exterior light

SECTION 7- SAFETY AND IDENTIFICATION

7-1 Identification: 6" black letters “MURFREESBORO CITY

SCHOOLS”

3-foot roof letters and numbers

7-2 Identification: black 6" numbers on belt line, sides, front, and rear

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Comments/Exceptions 7-3 Insulation: 2" fiberglass in roof, front, rear, and side walls

7-4 Insulation: 1/2" sound absorbing foam under driver toe board

7-5 Insulation: Noise reduction package with perforated ceiling driver area

7-6 Insulation: Passenger area to include smooth ceiling 7-7 Insulation: Exterior Body floor to be completely undercoated

7-8 Mirrors: All exterior mirrors heated and remote-controlled meeting FMVSS standards

7-9 Mirrors- Interior- 6”x30” Clear with color back up camera and monitor

7-10 Mud Flaps: Front and rear, full length 7-11 Roof Paint: Roof white 7-12 Interior Paint: Astro white, bake enamel 7-13 Paint sides: Exterior- yellow and black heat cured 7-14 Parts Report: Copy of complete bus parts printout 7-15 Reflective tape: 2” yellow tape around exits, rear, and sides

7-16 Reflective Tape: Side reflectors attached with screws 7-17 Rub Rails: Four rub rails painted black 7-18 Fire extinguisher 7-19 Body fluid kit 7-20 Flares 7-21 First aid kit 7-22 Seat belt cutter 7-23 All-out warning device with dome light activation 7-24 Stop Arm: Front and arm, Upper and lower LED blinking light with wind guard.

7-25 Exceeds Colorado Rack and Kentucky pole test 7-26 Seating capacity: Built for 39+1 wheelchair= 40 students with minimum of 29” knee spacing