2024 Mayoral Precept - DRT services

Description

The Authority is seeking to award bus services contracts to multiple suppliers for the following requirements: • The supply of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) services as part of the Precept routes (contracts Tiger 6, Tiger 8, Tiger 10, and Tiger 11 (formerly Ting)) • Contracts funded with money allocated by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) to support local bus services. The Authority is planning to award four (4) separate contracts relating to the provision of Local Bus Services. The contracts start on Friday the 29th of November. 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 4 separate routes will be treated as individual Lots The Authority is planning to award four (4) separate contracts relating to the provision of Local Bus Services. The contracts start on Friday the 29th of November 2024. The contractor must be able to provide the full service required from the start date stated on each Route Schedule. The Authority reserves the right not to conclude a contract for some or all the services for which Tenders are invited. The Authority has decided to use 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 will be managed on the Due North/Pro-Contract Portal, hosted by Bid-Eastern.