Bedford Charter Service, Inc.

Bedford Charter Service, Inc., a Massachusetts-based small business incorporated as a Subchapter S Corporation and registered in SAM.gov since April 2001, specializes exclusively in providing student transportation services to the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts. Operating under a focused business model, the company has maintained a consistent mission of delivering reliable bus transportation services to military-connected families and their K-12 students in the Hanscom Military Community region for over two decades.

Bedford Charter Service, Inc. has established a track record of providing daily commute and activity bus transportation services through a series of firm fixed-price delivery orders awarded by the Department of Defense Education Activity without set-aside designations. The company has received successive annual delivery orders spanning from September 2021 through August 2026, with contract values ranging from $202,700 to $221,950 per year. These delivery orders have been issued under an overarching Indefinite Delivery Contract framework with DoDEA, enabling the agency to procure consistent transportation services across multiple contract periods. The services provided encompass scheduled bus transportation for students attending schools in the Bedford area, including daily commute services and co-curricular after-school activity transportation. As a prime contractor, Bedford Charter Service has maintained continuous service delivery to the military community without subcontractor partnerships documented in the award records, demonstrating the company's capacity to independently execute its specialized transportation mission.

Bedford Charter Service, Inc. currently holds two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Department of Defense Education Activity. The first IDC, valued at $1,735,800 and awarded under a Total Small Business set-aside designation, ran through January 31, 2026, and generated multiple annual delivery orders for student transportation services. The company subsequently secured a successor single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $1,694,698.20, effective September 1, 2025, through February 28, 2031, also designated as a Total Small Business set-aside. This newest IDC represents a significant commitment from DoDEA to maintain continuity of service and reflects the company's demonstrated past performance and technical capabilities. The contract encompasses comprehensive daily commute student transportation for approximately 85 students across 180 school days plus 5 potential make-up days, along with co-curricular transportation for approximately 40 students across 108 additional days, covering pre-kindergarten through high school students including those with special needs. The IDC structure includes a base year from September 1, 2025, to August 31, 2026, with four one-year option periods extending through August 31, 2030, and establishes firm fixed-price terms with evaluation criteria prioritizing staffing approach, recruitment and retention, management approach, and vehicle approach through a Best Value Tradeoff methodology.

Bedford Charter Service, Inc. provides reliable and safe school bus transportation with a bus fleet that includes state of the art technology such as repeaters in Waltham to ensure continuous communication coverage with our dispatcher.