Decision details

235/2003 The Cabinet accepted the Home to School Transport tenders - as set out in Appendix A.
236/2003 The Cabinet accepted the Local Bus Routes tenders - as set out in Appendix B.
237/2003 The Cabinet accepted the Home to School Transport (Season Tickets) tenders - as detailed in paragraphs 7.3 to Arriva and 7.4 to ASD Coaches.
238/2003 The Cabinet accepted the Ad-hoc taxi services tender as set out at paragraph 7.14.
239/2003 The Cabinet agreed for officers to negotiate the commencement of the Local Bus Routes from 2 November 2003.
240/2003 The Cabinet agreed to waive competitive tendering contract rule 5, to enable the pilot trial of Yellow Buses to be developed.
241/2003 The Cabinet noted the bus service contract changes which had taken place outside of this tender exercise as set out in Appendix C.

The price and quality offered was considered to represent best value following detailed evaluation of each tender response.