Pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act (Md. Code Ann., Gen. Prov. § 4-101–601), I am requesting access to and copies of the following public records possessed by Howard County Public School System:
All contracts (and/or Master Service Agreements with all associated purchase orders) that are in effect or have been in effect in the last 3 years with any of the following vendors with which you have a relationship:
- Adroit, CESO, EverDriven, First Student, Freedom taxicab, HopSkipDrive, Kango, The Independent Taxi Association, Z-Trip, Zum
I am requesting existing, already maintained electronic records (without copying, scanning, or printing).
Responsive to this request, from the list above the only two vendors HCPSS utilizes is Freedom Taxicab, LLC and Zum Services. Please find the following records attached/linked below:
• 019.19.B3 Bids and Contracts 082019: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/BEYNK7601DE0/$file/08%2020%202019%20Bids%20%26%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (see Freedom Taxi Cab, LLC under PC-3)
o 019.19.B3 Bids and Contracts 020824: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/D28MFH5AE6DE/$file/2%208%2024%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (addition to above under PC-67)
o 019.19.B3 Bids and Contracts 071725: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/DJENNU60CB96/$file/07%2017%2025%20Bids%20and%20Contracts.pdf (addition to above under PC-87)
• 019.23.B3 Bids and Contracts 012623: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/CN8RL96A6743/$file/01%2026%202023%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (see Zum Services under PC-28)
o 019.23.B3 Bids and Contracts 042925: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/DG2QBD687D91/$file/04%2029%2025%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (addition to above under PC-63)
o 019.23.B3 Bids and Contracts 061225: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/DHBK5P5038CD/$file/06%2012%2025%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (addition to above under PC-72, however specific to vendors other than Zum).
• Zum Services Contract under 131.24.B7: https://mpia.hcpss.org/requests/2023-143. This contact can be found under a prior MPIA response.
• 131.24.B7 Bids and Contracts 071124: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/D73HX54A8F7D/$file/7%2011%2024%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (see Freedom Taxi, LLC under PC-128)
• Freedom Taxi, LLC Contract under 131.24.B7: https://hcpss.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=publicContracts. The contract from 131.24.B7 can be downloaded from our public purchasing website (put Freedom Taxi in the search field).
Additional contract records for Freedom Taxi, LLC under 019.19.B3 can be provided via email, including a March 2024 agreement, and a subsequent amendment from August 2025. Prior to the 2024 contract, the RFP and bid documents from Freedom Taxi, LLC served as terms and conditions. Those records have been previously released under MPIA 2024-001: https://mpia.hcpss.org/requests/2024-001.