{"id":15787,"date":"2020-09-21T10:49:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T08:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/for-bidders-contractors-5-legal-tips-for-contracting-school-transportation-services-contacting-parents-and-other-shifts-in-responsibility\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T17:50:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T15:50:56","slug":"for-bidders-contractors-5-legal-tips-for-contracting-school-transportation-services-contacting-parents-and-other-shifts-in-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/for-bidders-contractors-5-legal-tips-for-contracting-school-transportation-services-contacting-parents-and-other-shifts-in-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"For bid\u00adders &amp; con\u00adtrac\u00adtors: 5 legal tips for con\u00adtract\u00ading school trans\u00adporta\u00adtion ser\u00advices \u2014 con\u00adtact\u00ading par\u00adents and oth\u00ader shifts in respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You want to par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate in school trans\u00adporta\u00adtion in your dis\u00adtrict. And then this: The award doc\u00adu\u00adments stip\u00adu\u00adlate that you are to con\u00adsult with par\u00adents and, for exam\u00adple, ensure haz\u00adard-free foot\u00adpaths. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>The prob\u00adlem<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Some dis\u00adtricts believe the car\u00adri\u00ader should take care of every\u00adthing and every\u00adone. It is pop\u00adu\u00adlar to require the school trans\u00adporta\u00adtion provider to main\u00adtain an up-to-date list of par\u00adent con\u00adtact infor\u00adma\u00adtion to be aware of \u201cspe\u00adcial con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions.\u201d It is equal\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar to require the school trans\u00adporta\u00adtion provider to ensure a \u201csafe route from the stop to the trans\u00adporta\u00adtion vehi\u00adcle and from the trans\u00adporta\u00adtion vehi\u00adcle to the school grounds.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>What to do?<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>First of all: Don\u2019t just accept it. Act imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly (prefer\u00adably with legal sup\u00adport). If you have a prob\u00adlem with the spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions of a pub\u00adlic con\u00adtract\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty in a pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment pro\u00adce\u00addure, then rep\u00adri\u00admand. Do not point out, crit\u00adi\u00adcize, com\u00adplain, or issue \u201cclar\u00adi\u00adfy\u00ading notices\u201d or \u201cbind\u00ading con\u00adcretiza\u00adtions.\u201d Do not express your lack of under\u00adstand\u00ading, do not sug\u00adgest \u201copti\u00admiza\u00adtions\u201d. But rather: Com\u00adplain. And, please, by the dead\u00adline!      <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>And in terms of con\u00adtent?<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The core ques\u00adtion is what is prin\u00adci\u00adpal duty, what is par\u00adent duty, and what is ulti\u00admate\u00adly your duty. In school trans\u00adporta\u00adtion, sev\u00ader\u00adal areas of respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty over\u00adlap and it is not always easy to dis\u00adtin\u00adguish between them. The con\u00adtrac\u00adtu\u00adal require\u00adment to main\u00adtain con\u00adtact with par\u00adents \u2014 as a rule: free of charge \u2014 is one such hybrid. For exam\u00adple, it is nec\u00ades\u00adsary to care\u00adful\u00adly exam\u00adine whether or not the coun\u00adty com\u00adplies with the require\u00adments that the respon\u00adsi\u00adble par\u00adty or joint respon\u00adsi\u00adble par\u00adty has in a pos\u00adsi\u00adble con\u00adtract pro\u00adcess\u00ading. Also, it is not obvi\u00adous why you should give away data pro\u00adcess\u00ading ser\u00advices. So, in case of doubt, you should resist a dubi\u00adous \u201clist keep\u00ading\u201d oblig\u00ada\u00adtion before it is \u201cin the con\u00adtract\u201d, what\u00adev\u00ader the valid\u00adi\u00adty of the rel\u00ade\u00advant pro\u00advi\u00adsion then is. With regard to the guar\u00adan\u00adtee of \u201cnon-haz\u00adardous\u201d routes, in our view it would be an unrea\u00adson\u00adable com\u00adpli\u00adca\u00adtion of the cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adtion \u2014 and thus con\u00adtrary to pro\u00adcure\u00adment law \u2014 to impose on you route guar\u00adan\u00adtee oblig\u00ada\u00adtions that are detached from the actu\u00adal trans\u00adport. It must also be clear that you can\u00adnot park the trans\u00adport vehi\u00adcle in the mid\u00addle of a con\u00adstruc\u00adtion site. Ulti\u00admate\u00adly, there\u00adfore, it depends on the indi\u00advid\u00adual case.        <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4>Any ques\u00adtions?<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to call any\u00adtime at 0341 910 28405. \u201cAbante Recht\u00adsan\u00adw\u00e4lte\u201d is active in pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment and con\u00adtract law nation\u00adwide. We will give you a first overview of your options by tele\u00adphone, free of charge and with\u00adout oblig\u00ada\u00adtion.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red;\">*This legal tip is no sub\u00adsti\u00adtute for legal advice in indi\u00advid\u00adual cas\u00ades. By its very nature, it is incom\u00adplete, it does not relate to your case, and it also rep\u00adre\u00adsents a snap\u00adshot, as the legal basis and case law change over time. It can\u00adnot and does not cov\u00ader all con\u00adceiv\u00adable con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtions, serves main\u00adte\u00adnance and ini\u00adtial ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion pur\u00adpos\u00ades and is intend\u00aded to moti\u00advate you to clar\u00adi\u00adfy legal issues at an ear\u00adly stage, but not to dis\u00adcour\u00adage you from doing so.  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You want to par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate in school trans\u00adporta\u00adtion in your dis\u00adtrict. And then this: The award doc\u00adu\u00adments stip\u00adu\u00adlate that you are to con\u00adsult with par\u00adents and, for exam\u00adple, ensure haz\u00adard-free foot\u00adpaths. The prob\u00adlem Some dis\u00adtricts believe the car\u00adri\u00ader should take care of every\u00adthing and every\u00adone. It is pop\u00adu\u00adlar to require the school trans\u00adporta\u00adtion provider to main\u00adtain [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"team_kategorien":[],"lexikon_kategorie":[],"class_list":["post-15787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15790,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15787\/revisions\/15790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15787"},{"taxonomy":"team_kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_kategorien?post=15787"},{"taxonomy":"lexikon_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon_kategorie?post=15787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}