Contracted Bus Services - Portsmouth

Portsmouth City Council- the 'council' - is seeking tenders from suitably qualified and experienced Contractors for the provision of contracted supported bus services to ensure a continuous provision of socially desirable bus routes where there are no commercial services but there is a demand from residents and visitors who otherwise would be unserved by public transport.

Under the contracting model the successful Contractor/s will finance operation of the services through a combination of subsidy provided by the Council fixed at point of tender and passenger fare income.

The services relate to six existing routes which are currently operated by First Hampshire & Dorset.

Each route is being tendered as a specific Lot with the Council entering into an individual contract for each Lot / Route.

Each Lot includes for Sub-Lot options comprises of the current route timetable (Sub-Lot Option A) along with further specified timetable reduction / addition options.

The Lots and Sub-Lot options are set out within the procurement documents.

Tenderers / Contractors may submit tenders for any or all Lots and Sub-Lot options in any combination.

For each Lot only one Sub-Lot option will be awarded from, multiple Sub-Lot option awards will not be made from any of the Lots.

The council is targeting to have awarded contracts for all routes by 20th June 2023 with services commencing for all routes from 30th July 2023.

Each contract will run for a base term of 3 years and each will have an option to extend by a further 5 years in increments to be agreed, subject to agreement and performance of both parties, up to a maximum total term of 8 years as permitted under the Transport Act (1985).

Tenderers should note that the contract values stated within this notice have been issued solely for the purposes of form submission requirements and are legally non-binding upon the Council.

The value published of ?9,184,184 has been calculated by summing reported revenue and Council subsidy values for each of the Lots / Routes for period of 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 and then multiplying by a factor 8 in line with the maximum extended total term that each of the contracts may run for.

The value of the contracts let via this procurement process will be determined by the 3 year fixed subsidy submitted at point of tender by the successful Tenderer / Contractor for each Lot combined with the fare revenue generated over the term of the contract by the successful Tenderer / Contractor.

The Council will run the procurement process in accordance with the 'Open Procedure' as set out within the Public Contracts Regulations (2015).

The procurement timetable is set out below: o Contract notice published on Find a Tender - 21st April 2023 o Procurement documents available on In-tend - 21st April 2023 o Deadline for requests for clarification - 10th May 2023 - 23:59 o Tender return deadline - 22nd May 2023 - 12:00 o Award ...