Minutes:
Members received an updated copy of the private
information concerning tender prices for local bus contracts, as the circulated
copy contained incorrect information.
Decisions:
1.
That Route 23 contract number NPT/001 and Route
X58 contract number NPT/009 be withdrawn from the Public Transport Tender
Process that commenced on the 5 March 2016;
2.
That Rule 2.1 of the Contract Procedure Rules
be excluded to allow the Council to carry out a mini competition for the said
routes for the duration of one calendar year commencing on 1 September 2016,
which shall be limited to the pool of operators who previously bid in the
recent Public Transport tender process, as detailed in the private circulated
report;
3.
That in the event of the price for routes 23
and X58 being acceptable to the Authority, the Head of Engineering and
Transport be granted delegated authority to accept the
bids submitted and award a contract for the duration of one calendar year.
Reason
for Decisions:
To ensure
continuity of service to areas where subsidised routes were retendered.
Implementation of Decisions:
The
decisions are urgent ones for immediate implementation, the Chair of the
Scrutiny Committee had agreed to this course of action and therefore there
would be no call-in of these decisions.