Results of Bus Service Tenders

Many bus services are provided by bus companies without any involvement by the Council. These are termed "commercial" services. The Council adds to this commercial network by entering into contracts with bus companies to provide subsidised services on its behalf. Under the Transport Act, 1985 all interested bus operators must be given an opportunity to bid for these contracts and the Council is required to publish the results of these tendering exercises.

The files in the Resources Box below are the results of the tendering exercises carried out in the last three years. Results from earlier years are available from the Public Transport Manager, whose contact details appear on the Public Transport home page. Under the Transport Act, the details we are required to publish for each contract are:

1. The name of the successful tenderer
2. The value of the winning tender
3. The number of tenders received
4. The value of the highest tender received
5. The value of the lowest tender received
6. An explanation, if necessary, as to why the lowest tender was not the winning tender.

Tendering generally takes place twice a year in Spring and Autumn and the results are published annually.