Purpose

To award a Local Service Bus Contract

Content

To proceed to contract award on a local
service tender. Summary details are as follows:

• Tender LS0031 Keele - Chesterton local bus service. This is
a new service, designed to provide potential students and employees
connectivity to Keele University.
• Funding is mainly from the Newcastle Town Deal fund
(£371,000) with a contribution of £109312.44 from
Staffordshire County Council budget over the life of the contract.
Two tender options were requested – for an hourly and
half-hourly frequency timetable.
• Contract is for 2 years.
• Tender was for 100% price.
• 2 bids were received: Bennetts Travel and D&G Bus Ltd.
D&G offered both options, Bennetts only the hourly
option.
• The D&G half hourly bid was within the forecast allowed
for SCC spend when added to the Newcastle TD funding so was
selected as it was felt the higher frequency was more attractive to
potential users and more likely to become viable in the long
term.