Published date: 26 June 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 25 July 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Public road transport services - 60112000

Location of contract

RG14 5LD

Value of contract

£6,000,000 to £8,000,000

Procurement reference

IT-402-1044-P00001044

Published date

26 June 2023

Closing date

25 July 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

5 September 2024

Contract end date

4 September 2032

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

West Berkshire Council are seeking to engage a service operator to run their network of local bus services. This will include provision of vehicles, depot, associated maintenance and drivers. The operator will take complete responsibility for all service operation, vehicle supply and maintenance, driver qualifications / compliance and associated depot costs.

The project will use a competitive procedure with negotiation process and full details on the requirements including stages and related timeline are available to download from the In-tend portal - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westberks.

Please note the Selection stage requires completion and return of the supplier questionnaire only.
Full responses will only be required at the ITT stage.

More information

Links

Additional text

Full details on this requirement and related procurement process can be found by accessing https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westberks. Potential suppliers will need to register in order to download and access related documentation.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Vicki Murphy

Address

Market Street
Newbury
Newbury
RG14 5LD
UK

Telephone

+441635 519364

Email

Vicki.Murphy@westberks.gov.uk