RE: Tender Discussion Thread
Something I've spotted straight away. It would appear that the minimum spec for Compass Community Transport's 37 board is a Euro 5 vehicle with capacity of 16, yet the board Gateshead Central Taxis have won for the 37 and 73 requires 3x Euro 5 vehicles with a capacity of 49. Seems bizarre how one operator can be contracted for 16 and one for 49 - i.e. 3x the capacity!
7102 37,8X Compass Community Tpt 1 L1605 29/05/2011 25/07/2015 Wholly secured
7614 37,73 Central Taxis Gateshead 3 L4905 27/07/2014 22/07/2017 Wholly secured
Also noted that the M2/M2A requires a Euro 4 vehicle for the Nexus funded runs. I'd assume these would be Sunday journeys, given that Arriva operate on an evening, with GNE running Concord-Heworth commecially. Both the MPDs and Cadets are Euro 3 vehicles, so I wonder if either a) GNE are just taking the hit here, or b) that information is wrong?
7598 M2,M2A Go Northern 1 L2304 01/06/2014 30/05/2015 Partially secured
