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NEMT & paratransit

NEMT runs on contracts and uptime. Brokers assign trips, missed pickups cost contracts, and the vehicles are the entire product. A bus in the shop is not an inconvenience — it is revenue you cannot bill and a broker relationship you may not get back.

What to settle first

  1. Start with the honest answer: it may be a van. If most trips are ambulatory with an occasional chair, a van earns more per mile. Read the guide before buying a bus.
  2. Model the cost of downtime, then buy accordingly. Work out what one week out of service costs against your broker contract. That number is usually larger than the price gap between the cheap bus and the durable one.
  3. Wheelchair positions and lift capacity drive the platform. Bariatric capacity is a real spec decision, not a maybe.
  4. Door and lift cycles are your duty cycle. Hundreds a week. Assume the components rated for that, and ask what the builder does to prove it.
  5. Parts availability is an uptime spec. Ask who stocks what, and how long a body part takes to reach you.

Read Starting a NEMT Business: The Vehicle Side

Platforms that fit this work

Every HLE bus is built the same way underneath. The platform decision is about size, chassis and duty.

STRYKR

Ford Transit T-350 · up to 14 passengers · up to 6 wheelchair positions

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MAVRYK

Ford E-350/E-450 · Chevrolet 3500/4500 · up to 25 passengers · up to 7 wheelchair positions

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Worth reading before you spec