(28 Jul 2025, 10:35 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote This is good and positive... small businesses being created and going for contracts and being the winner... too... 

If this is a secured service I want the best value for the taxpayer

It is not always about who has the best modern buses ...

But if you blindly go for the cheapest, you get what you deserve. City have a big reputation in the industry - and not a positive one. He always double runs his rail work (ie has one bus doing two running boards simoultaniously), with predictable results. Reliability of the service is going to go through the floor if it's true he's won it.