Scheduled Bus and Coach Service

Concepts

• buses and coaches
• branded bus liveries
• a real-time bus tracking application
• bus and coach services
• bus
• coach
• scheduled
• hire with driver
• university id cards
• digital timetables

Location

South East England: SOUTH EAST (ENGLAND)

Description

The University is in contract with Centaur Overland Travel Ltd for providing bus and coach services, between three campuses. The University plans to extend its contract until 31/08/2027 (an extension of 2 years). The extension period allows us to take advantage of the dedicated vehicles procured by the contractor in alignment with the University's Carbon Net Zero 2030 Strategy. The contractor has made significant investments, including electric double-decker buses and branded bus liveries. Bespoke innovations developed for the contract include a dedicated tap-in system for University ID cards, onboard WiFi, a real-time bus tracking application and digital timetables with real-time updates. The value of the extension is £5.2m. The University believes that the extension is within the scope of the original contract and it has published this notice to be transparent. If your company believes that it can provide an equivalent service, please provide details to us.

Total Quantity or Scope

The University is in contract with Centaur Overland Travel Ltd for providing bus and coach services, transporting students and staff between three campuses. We plan to extend its contract until 31/08/2027 (extension of 2 years). The extension period will allow the university to take advantage of the dedicated vehicles procured by the contractor for the provision of the services in alignment with our Carbon Net Zero 2030 Strategy. The contractor has made significant investments, including, electric double-decker buses and branded bus liveries, tap-in system for University ID cards, onboard WiFi, a real-time bus tracking application and digital timetables with real-time updates. The value of the extension is £5.2m. Although we believe that the extension is within the scope of the original contract, we have published this notice to be transparent. If your company believes that it can provide an equivalent service with the bespoke innovations, please provide details to us. Additional information: The value indicated here is for the extension period of 2 years. The extension is allowed for under the terms of the original contract. This notice is being published for the purposes of full transparency.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 60172000 - Hire of buses and coaches with driver

Legal Justification

We believe the contract extension is a permitted contract. The university has worked with the supplier over a number of years to ensure vehicles used on the contract align with the University's Carbon Net Zero Strategy 2030 and stringent targets. The supplier has made bespoke developments to suit the University, which are essential to maintaining the student experience and high level of customer satisfaction for service users.

Other Information

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