Find out what sort of work the contractor has handled.

The plan is to cope with Valdez-sized spills, but the network will respond to any spill over 42,000 gallons if local contractors cannot handle it.

How did the contractor handle unexpected glitches and changes?

In the United States, approximately 40% of school districts use contractors to handle student transportation; in Canada, they are used almost universally.

Consider how a general contractor handles the construction of a building.

Approximately 40% of school districts in the United States use contractors to handle the function of student transport.

These contractors also handled transportation of construction vehicles and vehicle parts to the theater.

A contractor handles everything himself, like any businessman.

Mr. Bellini said that different contractors handle the division of labor differently.

Under the old system, officials said, big contractors handled even mundane tasks, like running laundries where special work garments were washed, under contracts awarded without competition.