2024 May Local Bus Services - Batch 3

Tender description

The Authority is seeking to award bus services contracts to multiple suppliers for the following requirements: • The supply of local bus services (contracts 150, 203, 400, 401, 415, 900, C2, & PR1 ). • Contracts funded with money allocated by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) to support local bus services. • Until 17th August 2025 + 12 months + 12 months. • Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough, and South Cambridgeshire. The Authority is planning to award eight (8) separate contracts relating to the provision of Local Bus Services. The contracts start on Monday 19th August 2024. The contractor must be able to provide the full service required from this start date. The Authority reserves the right not to conclude a contract for the service for which the Tender is invited. Lot 1: The 8 separate routes will be treated as individual Lots The Authority has awarded eight (8) separate contracts relating to the provision of Local Bus Services. The contracts started on the 30th of September 2024 The contractor must be able to provide the full service required from the start date stated on each Route Schedule. The Authority used the Open Procedure for this project in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 27, PCRs2015. This is a single-stage process which addresses the mandatory and discretionary exclusions (through the completion of the part 1 & 2 SSQ) and quality assessments as a single stage. The Process was managed on the Due North/Pro-Contract Portal, hosted by Bid-Eastern.