(02 Jun 2016, 6:02 pm)Dan wrote Further tenders released by Nexus today:
Service 40 (Wallsend - High Farm - Battle Hill - Hadrian Park - Howdon - Holy Cross - Wallsend)
Service 41 (Wallsend - Holy Cross - Howdon - Hadrian Park - Battle Hill - High Farm - Wallsend)
Contract Period: 04/09/2016 to 02/09/2017
Currently operated by Go North East
Contractual requirements:
Daily evening & Sunday daytime
3x low-floor Euro 4 vehicle with a minimum capacity of 23.
Service 11 (Wallsend - North Shields - North Tyneside General Hospital - Whitley Bay)
Service 42 (Cramlington/Benton ASDA - Wallsend)
Contract Period: 04/09/2016 to 02/09/2017
Currently operated by Go North East
Contractual requirements:
Daily evening & Sunday daytime
6x low-floor Euro 4 vehicle with a minimum capacity of 23.
Both of these contracts supplement the main daytime Go North East operation of services 17A, 40/41 and 80 - the new numbers and routes coinciding with planned service changes.
Awarded to Go North East.
(02 Jun 2016, 5:44 pm)Dan wrote The contract for the Sunderland Connect 700/701 services is up for renewal this year.
Sunderland City Council will provide 3 low-carbon hybrid vehicles in a dedicated livery to operate this contract. The use of these vehicles will be subject to a separate agreement between the successful contractor and Sunderland City Council.
The details of vehicles to be provided are as follows:-
- Optare Solo SR Hybrid – NK61 EFY (Capacity 49)
- Optare Solo SR Hybrid – NK61 EGY (Capacity 49)
- Optare Solo SR Hybrid – NK62 DWY (Capacity 48)
It should be noted that it is extremely likely that these vehicles will need to be re-painted during the term of this contract.
The contract will require the successful bidder to operate a term-time timetable (17th September 2016 until 7th July 2017) and a separate summer timetable (8th July 2017 to 2nd September 2017).
As mentioned already, this tender has been awarded to Go North East.
(03 Jun 2016, 3:40 am)Dan wrote I'd forgotten to include details of the daytime 701 service being up for tender as per the daytime 700 and evening 701.
This is a one year contract between 17/09/16 and 07/17/17, with option to extend contract by one year. Vehicle specification is 1x low-floor Euro 5 vehicle with a minimum capacity of 60.
Awarded to Stanley Travel.