Bus Services Framework for subsidised local bus service contracts Committee Chair s Date of meeting 28 November 2014 Date of report 26 November 2014 Report by Assistant Chief Executive (Operations) 1. Object of report To recommend the Committee agrees to the establishment of a framework agreement for the procurement of subsidised local bus services and to the appointment of a number of transport providers to it. 2. Background One of the key activities of SPT s Bus Operations department is the tendering of subsidised local bus service contracts. This is carried out in accordance with standard EU procurement regulations, which, in view of the protracted timescales involved in the process, are cumbersome and not best-suited to the dynamics of the local bus service market, in which a local transport authority can have as little as 8 weeks to carry out all of the steps involved in replacing a commercially-provided bus service which is to be withdrawn. In order to be able to respond more quickly to developments in the bus market and to develop greater flexibility, it is proposed that a framework agreement be established for the secural of subsidised bus service contracts. 3. Outline of proposals On 16 September 2014, SPT issued an OJEU Notice and Invitation to Tender (ITT) for a Bus Services Framework. A total of 36 tenderers expressed an interest in respect of the 12 Lots (which are defined by local authority area) Details of the Lots and the tenderers for each are given in Appendix 1 to this paper. The tenderers seeking appointment to the framework were evaluated on quality-based criteria incorporating economic and financial standing and technical / professional ability. The evaluation process was conducted by staff from the Bus Operations and Bus Development sections of SPT. Tenderers were notified that, if successful in being appointed to the framework, the award criteria for future tendering exercises would be on the basis of the Most Economically Advantageous Tender ( MEAT ) and would be evaluated on a Price 70% / Quality 30% split. Each service subsequently advertised under the Framework will be the subject of a follow-on mini competition via Public Contracts Scotland, using the quick quote facility. FLR4/OP01R072-V1 (13:25) Page 1 of 2
Following evaluation, it is recommended that 36 tenderers evaluated are accepted on the approved list of suppliers. 4. Committee action The Committee is recommended to agree to the establishment of an SPT framework for the secural of subsidised local bus service contracts and for the appointment of the transport providers identified in Appendix 1 to the various Lots. 5. Consequences Policy consequences: Legal consequences: Financial consequences: In line with Regional Transport Strategy. All awards of contracts following mini-competitions in terms of the framework will be subject to SPT s terms and conditions for transport contracts. No financial consequences at present. Personnel consequences: None. Equalities consequences: Risk consequences: None. None. Eric Stewart Assistant Chief Executive (Operations) Gordon Maclennan Chief Executive for further information please contact Alex Scott, Bus Services Manager on ext 3388 FLR4/OP01R072-V1 (13:25) Page 2 of 2
Lot 1 - East Dunbartonshire 5 Community Transport Glasgow 6 First Glasgow No 1 7 First Glasgow No 2 8 NATA 9 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 10 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 11 Skyline Coaches Ltd 12 Wilsons of Rhu 13 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 14 J D Coaches 15 J J Travel Limited 16 McNairn Coaches 17 C R Coaches Ltd 18 Colchri Ltd 19 Community Central Hall 20 First Scotland East Ltd Lot 2 East Ayrshire 3 Access to Employment Ayr 4 McColls Commercial Repairs Ltd 5 McGills Bus Service Ltd 6 First Glasgow No 1 7 First Glasgow No 2 8 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 9 Shuttle Buses Limited 10 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 11 Coalfield Community Transport 12 Skyline Coaches Ltd 13 Wilsons of Rhu 14 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 15 J D Coaches 16 J J Travel Limited 17 McNairn Coaches 18 C R Coaches Ltd 19 Colchri Ltd
Lot 3 East Renfrewshire 3 McGills Bus Service Ltd 4 South West Community Transport 5 Community Transport Glasgow 6 First Glasgow No 1 7 First Glasgow No 2 8 Gibson Direct Ltd 9 NATA 10 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 11 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 12 Skyline Coaches Ltd 13 Wilsons of Rhu 14 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 15 J D Coaches 16 J J Travel Limited 17 McNairn Coaches 18 C R Coaches Ltd 19 Colchri Ltd
Lot 4 Glasgow City 5 South West Community Transport 6 Community Transport Glasgow 7 Dunns Coaches Ltd 8 First Glasgow No 1 9 First Glasgow No 2 10 Stuart's Coaches Ltd 11 Gibson Direct Ltd 12 Garelochhead Coaches 13 NATA 14 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 15 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 16 Skyline Coaches Ltd 17 Wilsons of Rhu 18 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 19 J D Coaches 20 J J Travel Limited 21 McNairn Coaches 22 C R Coaches Ltd 23 Colchri Ltd 24 Community Central Hall 25 First Scotland East Ltd 26 Pride of the Clyde Coaches Ltd 27 Gillens Coaches Ltd 28 Glen Coaches Ltd
Lot 5 Inverclyde 5 First Glasgow No 1 6 First Glasgow No 2 7 Gibson Direct Ltd 8 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 9 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 10 Skyline Coaches Ltd 11 Wilsons of Rhu 12 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 13 J D Coaches 14 J J Travel Limited 15 McNairn Coaches 16 C R Coaches Ltd 17 Colchri Ltd 18 Pride of the Clyde Coaches Ltd 19 Gillens Coaches Ltd 20 Glen Coaches Ltd Lot 6 North Ayrshire 3 Access to Employment Ayr 4 McColls Commercial Repairs Ltd 5 Millport Motors Ltd 6 McGills Bus Service Ltd 7 First Glasgow No 1 8 First Glasgow No 2 9 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 10 Shuttle Buses Limited 11 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 12 Coalfield Community Transport 13 Skyline Coaches Ltd 14 Wilsons of Rhu 15 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 16 J D Coaches 17 Cumbrae Coaches 18 Arran Coaches 19 J J Travel Limited 20 McNairn Coaches 21 C R Coaches Ltd 22 Colchri Ltd
Lot 7 North Lanarkshire 5 Community Transport Glasgow 6 Dunns Coaches Ltd 7 First Glasgow No 1 8 First Glasgow No 2 9 Stuart's Coaches Ltd 10 NATA 11 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 12 Getting Better Together Ltd 13 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 14 Skyline Coaches Ltd 15 Wilsons of Rhu 16 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 17 J D Coaches 18 J J Travel Limited 19 McNairn Coaches 20 C R Coaches Ltd 21 Colchri Ltd 22 Community Central Hall 23 First Scotland East Ltd
Lot 8 Renfrewshire 5 South West Community Transport 6 Community Transport Glasgow 7 First Glasgow No 1 8 First Glasgow No 2 9 Gibson Direct Ltd 10 NATA 11 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 12 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 13 Skyline Coaches Ltd 14 Wilsons of Rhu 15 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 16 J D Coaches 17 J J Travel Limited 18 McNairn Coaches 19 C R Coaches Ltd 20 Colchri Ltd 21 Pride of the Clyde Coaches Ltd 22 Gillens Coaches Ltd 23 Glen Coaches Ltd Lot 9 South Ayrshire 3 Access to Employment Ayr 4 McColls Commercial Repairs Ltd 5 McGills Bus Service Ltd 6 First Glasgow No 1 7 First Glasgow No 2 8 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 9 Shuttle Buses Limited 10 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 11 Coalfield Community Transport 12 Skyline Coaches Ltd 13 Wilsons of Rhu 14 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 15 J D Coaches 16 J J Travel Limited 17 McNairn Coaches 18 C R Coaches Ltd 19 Colchri Ltd
Lot 10 South Lanarkshire 5 The Rural Development Trust 6 Community Transport Glasgow 7 First Glasgow No 1 8 First Glasgow No 2 9 Stuart's Coaches Ltd 10 NATA 11 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 12 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 13 Skyline Coaches Ltd 14 Wilsons of Rhu 15 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 16 J D Coaches 17 J J Travel Limited 18 McNairn Coaches 19 C R Coaches Ltd 20 Colchri Ltd 21 First Scotland East Ltd Lot 11 West Dunbartonshire 5 Community Transport Glasgow 6 First Glasgow No 1 7 First Glasgow No 2 8 Garelochhead Coaches 9 NATA 10 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 11 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 12 Skyline Coaches Ltd 13 Wilsons of Rhu 14 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 15 J D Coaches 16 J J Travel Limited 17 McNairn Coaches 18 C R Coaches Ltd 19 Colchri Ltd 20 First Scotland East Ltd
Lot 12 Helensburgh & Lomond area of Argyll & Bute 5 First Glasgow No 1 6 First Glasgow No 2 7 Garelochhead Coaches 8 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 9 Craig of Cambeltown Ltd 10 Skyline Coaches Ltd 11 Wilsons of Rhu 12 Stagecoach West Scotland (Western Buses Ltd) 13 J D Coaches 14 J J Travel Limited 15 McNairn Coaches 16 C R Coaches Ltd 17 Colchri Ltd 18 First Scotland East Ltd