Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons

Tender description

The Council is purchasing two low floor wheelchair accessible mini-buses: — the mini-bus must accommodate 16 seated passengers or a combination of seated passengers and up to 4 passengers traveling in wheelchairs, — the Gross Vehicle Mass and a total weight of the completed vehicle should be made explicit within the quotation, — the manufacturer is to ensure GVM and axle weights could not be exceeded when the minibus is fully loaded with passengers, — the overall length of the vehicle must not exceed 7 800 mm, — the overall height of the vehicle must not exceed 2 645 mm, — the overall width of the vehicle must not exceed 2 220 mm. The Council is purchasing two low floor wheelchair accessible mini-buses: — the mini-bus must accommodate 16 seated passengers or a combination of seated passengers and up to 4 passengers traveling in wheelchairs, — the mini-bus must be compliant with Public Service Vehicle (PSV) construction regulations in order that it can be operated for hire and reward under a PSV Operators License, — the mini-bus must comply with schedules 6 and 7 of the Road Vehicles Construction and Use regulations 1986 (SI 1986/1078) and subsequent amendments, — the mini-bus must also be compliant with the Equality Act 2010 read in conjunction with the PSV Accessibility Regulations 2000, — a Certificate of Initial Fitness and evidence of EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval or a Certificate of Conformity must be provided at the supplier’s expense prior to registration.