Road transport services

Tender description

See the procurement documents for full details. Supported Public Transport — The Council will commission a core network of 7 interurban public transport services linking the county's market towns. There will be a block load of students allocated to 6 of the routes. The Council will identify the students to be transported. Mainstream Home to School Transport — 13 mainstream secondary, upper and co-located middle and upper schools will be contracted on a 1 School, 1 Operator (OSOO) model. See the procurement documents for full details. Services for mainstream home to school will be provided on a 1 school 1 operator model. Operators will contract to provide transport on a school by school basis with the freedom to design the most efficient network of routes. Where appropriate, operators will be encouraged to open up schools routes to members of the public including post 16 students who attend sixth form at the school/college. Supported public transport services will focus on specific settlements to serve, minimum service frequencies, block loading of scholars and arrival/departure times at relevant schools. Payment for public transport routes will be on a minimum financial support basis, all revenue generated is retained by the operator.