Provision of a Public Bus Service on Route 975 Longford to Cavan

Tender description

The route extends between Longford and Cavan, stopping at the principal Stopping Places outlined in Request for Tenders. The bus service is required to operate to specified times on Mondays to Saturday. The daily scheduled service kilometres required to be operated is approximately 615km Monday to Saturday. Tenderers must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of this figure. The scope of the Services is expected to comprise but not be limited to the following principal requirements: • Operate and maintain Bus Vehicles provided by the Tenderer for the duration of the Agreement; • Operate reliable and punctual public bus services on the specified route, from Monday to Saturday inclusive during the hours of operation, anticipated to be 07:30 to 20:00 and to implement changes to the Services as directed by the Authority from time to time; • Provide customer care; • Collect, ticket and reconcile passenger fares; and • Provide operational data to input to the Authority’s passenger information, journey planning systems and its contractual performance monitoring systems.