Decision details
Gateway 3 Contract Award: Renewal of Bus Service Contracts September 2010
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Decision made
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To seek approval to the tenders for the provision of a number of bus service contracts commencing in September 2010.
Decisions:
This report recommended the granting of delegated authority to the Assistant Director Housing and Corporate Services for the award of contracts for new Yellow Bus school transportation routes and supported bus service routes.
It was noted that the current contracts would expire in August 2010 and delegated authority to award the contracts, following consultation with the Procurement Board,would avoid any risk of the current contracts ending prior to the implementation of these new contracts.
An addendum report advised Members of the discussions and recommendations following a petition referral at the Regeneration, Community and Culture Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 1 June 2010. The Overview and Scrutiny Committee recommended that Cabinet note its strong support for the petitioners request to establish a bespoke bus service for children travelling between St Mary's Island and secondary schools in Chatham and Rochester. The Committee had also requested that Cabinet considers subsidising this route (even by way of yellow bus scheme) if no bus company had shown an interest in providing this service.
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Decision: |
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73/2010 |
The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to award the contracts, as listed in section 2.1 of the report, to the Assistant Director of Housing and Corporate Services in consultation with the Procurement Board. The financial viability of the White Road Estate service would be assessed as part of the consideration by the Procurement Board and the Assistant Director, Housing and Corporate Services. |
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74/2010 |
The Cabinet noted the potential demand by over 50 children on St Mary’s Island to attend Medway secondary schools by bus and agreed, subject to an evaluation of the tenders by the Assistant Director of Housing and Corporate Services and the Procurement Board, to run a trial charged service once in the morning and once in the afternoon during school terms but reserves the right to terminate the service if daily occupancy drops below an average 25 children per day. The service will be run initially from September 2010 until the end of the school academic year in 2011 when it will be reviewed. Funding will come from section 106 agreements. |
Reasons:
The breakdown of the 100% final score (detailed at point 5.1 of this report) for each of the tenders put forward for each bus service was devised to obtain the best quality vehicle and operation of service, for the best price and as close to the delegated budget as possible.
Report author: Gary Lindsey
Publication date: 09/06/2010
Date of decision: 08/06/2010
Decided at meeting: 08/06/2010 - Cabinet
Effective from: 17/06/2010
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