January 2024 Local Bus Services

The Authority is seeking to award services contracts to multiple suppliers for the following requirements:\r

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• The supply of local bus services (contracts 5A, 8, 15, 26, 27, 31A, 36A, 46A, 61, 68 and Ely Zipper 2.\r

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• Contracts funded with money allocated by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) to support local bus services.\r

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• Until 30th March 2025.\r

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• 1 year option to extend.

The Authority is planning to award eleven (11) separate contracts relating to the provision of Local Bus Services. The contracts start on Monday 1st April 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.