(4 hours ago)Dan wrote The three contracts which encompass services 99 and 939 were part of a group bid (for a total of £97k), so Nexus has actually saved >£50k compared to what they currently pay for the same three contracts with Northstar and Go North East - suggests, if anything, that these contracts may have been under-priced (as bus operators work on much smaller margins than that!)

In most cases, other contracts are largely at the same prices as last year (or just a few % higher).

No operator looks to have factored in a price hike for diesel.

How are group bids evaluated? Are they stress-tested for affordability?  Assume it's in the tender documents, but they arent on the links posted up the thread.