TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF BUS PRIORITISATION CONSULTANCY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Tender description

Following on from a successful bid to Transport Scotland’s Bus Partnership fund the Tayside Bus Alliance requests the consultants to undertake full Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) appraisals for 20 bus priority corridors in the Tayside Bus Alliance area. These appraisals will focus on bus priority measures and support objectives set down in the grant award. Although the Tayside Bus Alliance are the project leads, Transport Scotland are the funding agency and therefore continued engagement with them during the process is essential. Dundee City Council are the lead authority in the procurement and contract award of this piece of work. There is also a separate cost option for an independent project manager (lot 2) and this will be assess separately from the main STAG appraisal work (lot 1). Lot 1: Bus Prioritisation The Tayside Bus Alliance is the pre-cursor organisiation to developing a Bus Service Improvement Partnership under the 2019 Transport Act. The geographical area comprises the council areas of Angus, Dundee City, Perth& Kinross and North East fife. The main aim for the Consultants commission is to bring forward bus priority STAG appraised proposals for 20 corridors and options that satisfy the following outcomes and that can be taken forward for future delivery Lot 2: Independent Project Management – Client Representative The independence of the Project manager is critical and they will act as the client representative and manage all aspects of Tayside Bus Alliance for the Bus Partnership Fund STAG appraisal and associated initiatives. The Project Manager’s focus will be on the delivery and management of Bus Partnership Fund STAG Appraisal, including liaison with all partners in the Tayside Bus Alliance, negotiation of Match in Kind measures and development of the Alliance into a BSIP within all required timelines