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Reading Borough Council

Buzz 42 Bus Route Service Provision

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Value£600k
Awarded9 Aug 2020
Published9 Jul 2020
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£600ktotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£2.9m

This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

A bus is required to continue the operation of route 42/42a in Reading currently runing from Kenavon Drive to Central Reading and Rivermead Leisure Centre.

This service runs Monday - Saturday daytimes using one bus.

The current vehicle is a small 20 seater due to initial route access difficulties.

The future contract vehicle would benefit from being larger than 20 seats minimum and may be required to operate on an extended route beyond the current route termini.

Rivermead Leisure center at one end of the route is currently being developed with a target of 2022 for completion of new extensive facilities including a full competition and diving pools.

A new school is also being developed and the area has experienced residential developments which are likely to continue.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

A bus is required to continue

A bus is required to continue the operation of route 42/42a in Reading currently runing from Kenavon Drive to Central Reading and Rivermead Leisure Centre.

02

The future contract vehicle would benefit from

The future contract vehicle would benefit from being larger than 20 seats minimum and may be required to operate on an extended route beyond the current route termini.

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Source & provenance
OCID
527ade81-09c4-43cc-a88d-44314e49f4da
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
RBC 00000774
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