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COI tracking for daycare centers

Buses for field trips, caterers, playground maintenance, and the music or gym instructor who visits each week — every outside vendor near the children is a liability you carry. One expired certificate is the gap a licensing review or a claim will find.

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The job

Where this gets hard

Field-trip transport is the exposure parents notice most

Putting children on a bus or van run by an outside operator means their auto and liability coverage has to be current — no exceptions. Track each operator’s certificate and let 30/14/7-day reminders catch the renewal well ahead.

Enrichment instructors turn over and slip off the list

The visiting gymnastics, music, or language instructor is easy to add and easy to forget. When their certificate lapses, they’re working uninsured around your kids. Click "Request Update" to email them from your name for a fresh copy.

Licensing reviews expect a clean vendor file

When a licensing inspector or your insurer asks whether your vendors are covered, you need the answer fast. Filter the dashboard by status and export a CSV instead of sorting through a year of emails.

Typical vendors daycare centers track

Examples we see in this dashboard

  • Field-trip transport & bus operators
  • Catering & meal delivery services
  • Playground maintenance & enrichment instructors

How COI Tracker handles it

  1. 1Add each vendor with name, email, certificate type, and expiry date — or bulk-import a spreadsheet on Growth+.
  2. 2Upload the certificate PDF on each row. Files are stored privately and surfaced through short-lived signed URLs.
  3. 3Get reminders 30, 14, and 7 days before each expiry. Click “Request Update” to ping the vendor for the new cert.
Try it with your first 3 vendors free

FAQ — Daycare centers

Which daycare vendors should carry a COI?

Field-trip transport operators, caterers and meal delivery, playground and facility maintenance, and any visiting enrichment instructor. If a vendor works around the children or transports them, keep their certificate current and on file.

How does this help at licensing or inspection time?

COI Tracker keeps each vendor’s uploaded certificate and its status in one place. Filter by status and export a CSV — on every plan, including Free — so you can show which vendors are currently insured. It doesn’t certify compliance; it keeps your records current and complete.

What stops a visiting instructor’s certificate from lapsing unnoticed?

Automated reminders at 30, 14, and 7 days before expiry, plus one-click "Request Update" emails sent from your name. You upload the renewed certificate and the countdown restarts — nothing depends on you remembering the date.

We only have a few vendors — is there a free option?

Yes. The Free plan tracks up to 3 vendors and includes CSV export. Beyond 3, Starter is $29/mo; Growth at $59/mo adds CSV import to load a full vendor list at once.

Not legal or insurance advice. Verify your specific contract and policy requirements with a licensed broker or attorney.

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