Published date: 29 July 2019

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: 20 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Road transport services - 60100000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£150,000,000

Procurement reference

CORNWALL001-DN402006-71969844

Published date

29 July 2019

Closing date

20 September 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

Cornwall Council is tendering its supported Local and School Bus Services across the whole County. The Council is looking to use innovation and quality to increase use of public transport. Integrating rail and bus travel provides opportunity to reduce dependency on private motor vehicles.

The services to be included within this tender are:

Category 1. Local Bus Service - £70.5m (approximate)
This equates to approximately 50% of the current local bus network across Cornwall, with the remainder being operated commercially under the deregulated bus market and outside of this procurement;

Category 2. School Bus Service - £75m (approximate)
This relates to School Bus 'Closed Contracts'.

Category 3. Truro Park and Ride - £4.5m (approximate)
This relates to the Truro service operating between the Langarth (Western) and Tregurra (Eastern) transport hubs in the city of Truro.

Each of the Categories above will be subdivided into individual Lots. In total there will be 334 Lots offered for Tender.

The Council's desired outcomes from the Tender are:

1. Improved modal integration across public transport;
2. An improved customer experience and accessibility to essential services;
3. A high quality and reliable public transport network;
4. Increase patronage;
5. Support implementation of the principles of One Public Transport System for Cornwall (See Appendix C);
6. Value for money service for the Council Taxpayer;
7. Further integrate public and school transport, to increase vehicle utilisation;
8. Encourage emission reduction strategies;
9. Continued customer focused high quality Truro Park & Ride service.


About the buyer

Contact name

Steve Murley

Address

New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
TR1 3AY
England

Telephone

+44 1872323631

Email

steve.murley@cornwall.gov.uk

Website

http://www.cornwall.gov.uk