(07 Jul 2020, 8:19 pm)tyresmoke wrote Totally agree with Andreos here... be careful what you wish for! Let's give an example using completely fictitious numbers...

Lets suppose you're tendering for a bunch of services, and you have £1 million to spend, with 10 services to cover. If prices come back at £120000 for a big bus on 10 services, or £100000 with a minibus being used. 
Do you take the bids for a minibus at a total cost of £1m and cover all 10 services or use your £1m to cover 8 of them with big buses... then decide which two are you going to drop as you've got no money left?...

Well, that's the problem, everything seems to be based on price and the cheapest price possible and sadly that offers no incentive for the passenger in the most part. I understand the cheaper bid option but not when it puts a damper on the quality offered. How are you supposed to attract passengers otherwise? In London, the cheaper bid never offers inferior quality for the passenger but up here, it seems to be the norm. Not interested if I'm in the minority with regards to my reasoning and I know a few others share the same thought trail. You have to invest to make money.