Student Bus Services

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This scope of bus services is to undertake a Competitive Dialogue Procedure for the busservice provision for the University of Derby, Derby Campus and Buxton & Leek College, Page 4 to 12Buxton Campus. We are seeking collaboration and partnership with potential serviceoperators to work with the University and support the delivery of its travel and transportplanning though sustainable and innovative bus services.Key deliverable outcomes for these bus services include:• Providing safe and efficient bus services that enable travelling to our sites for all• Reducing operating costs wherever possible• Lowering our carbon emissions and supporting the University's environmental policy andsustainable travel plan.The University is keen to explore opportunities for collaborative services that can reduce theoperating cost of the bus services and options to explore utilising and partnering withexisting commercial services and re-instating passenger fares should be encouraged.Collaborative partnerships which can also assist in delivering sustainable travel with reducedcarbon emissions should also be encouraged.The pre-pandemic value of this Unibus service is £624k per year. The University will considerlonger term contracts working in partnership where investment may be required to deliverdemonstrable objectives. For example, 5 + 5 year terms will be considered where deliverableand strategic transport objectives can be evidenced over that period of time Lot 1: Derby Campus This scope of bus services is to undertake a Competitive Dialogue Procedure for the busservice provision for the University of Derby, Derby Campus and Buxton & Leek College, Page 4 to 12Buxton Campus. We are seeking collaboration and partnership with potential serviceoperators to work with the University and support the delivery of its travel and transportplanning though sustainable and innovative bus services.Key deliverable outcomes for these bus services include:• Providing safe and efficient bus services that enable travelling to our sites for all• Reducing operating costs wherever possible• Lowering our carbon emissions and supporting the University's environmental policy andsustainable travel plan.The University is keen to explore opportunities for collaborative services that can reduce theoperating cost of the bus services and options to explore utilising and partnering withexisting commercial services and re-instating passenger fares should be encouraged.Collaborative partnerships which can also assist in delivering sustainable travel with reducedcarbon emissions should also be encouraged.The pre-pandemic value of this Unibus service is £624k per year. The University will considerlonger term contracts working in partnership where investment may be required to deliverdemonstrable objectives. For example, 5 + 5 year terms will be considered where deliverableand strategic transport objectives can be evidenced over that period of time Lot 2: Buxton Campus Our Buxton campus operates mostly from the Devonshire Road site within Buxton and the Stockwell Road site in Leek. A full list of current routes operated by commercial operators and by the internal transport department can be found in appendix b. Current challenges are that public transport within Buxton and Leek is heavily orientated Page 7 to 12 towards facilitating travel out of the Buxton and Leek towns towards Stockport and Manchester and do not facilitate frequent and flexible travel to our teaching sites. The towns are in remote locations with many of our staff and students attending Buxton and Leek living in remote residential areas thus requiring transport routes that reach out to a wide geographical spread. The existing value of the public transport for our Buxton Campus is £450,000 per year.