Air transport services

Tender description

The provision of scheduled air services between Oban and the islands of Coll, Colonsay and Tiree. The provision of scheduled air services between Oban and the islands of Coll, Colonsay and Tiree. These services are essential to the social and economic wellbeing of the islands as they serve providing resilience in the event of ferry cancellations and help to counter issues such as depopulation. The services operating to and from Oban Airport provide island residents with access to essential services which cannot be provided locally and also support the development of tourism in Argyll. In recognition of the importance of these services subsidy is made available by Argyll and Bute Council to operate the Public Service Obligation air services to Coll, Colonsay and Tiree. The contract will be for the duration of 3 years with option to extend by 1 year: 16.5.2019 — 15.5.2022/3. Please refer to the website www.obanandtheislesairports.com for more information on the airports and current air services. If you would like to ask any further information about this future contract opportunity please use Questions and Answers facility on the portal. Please note we might not be able to answer all the queries but would welcome your expression of interest or comments on this tender opportunity. At this stage we anticipate that the contract will be advertised as an Open Tender.