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Dorset County Council

Fleet Vehicle Replacement Programme - Buses

Transport EquipmentCPV 34000000 34100000 34120000 34121000
Value£1.5m
Awarded19 Jul 2015
Published16 Jun 2015
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.5mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£2.9m

This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Dorset County Council are seeking to procure Low Floor Wheelchair Accessible 16 Passenger Seat Buses for the transportation of Service Users around Dorset.

This will be a one off purchase of 20 x Low Floor Wheelchair Accessible 16 Seat Buses.The vehicles will be used to transport disabled, vulnerable and elderly people across a range of age groups around the County of Dorset to Day Care Centres, Residential Homes, Clinics, Hospitals, Schools, NHS and / or Educational Establishments.

Vehicles must be easily accessible so passengers in wheelchairs and / or with walking aids can gain access, easily and safely.

Vehicles may be used for hire and reward operations therefore each vehicle must comply with current EU and UK Regulations.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Vehicles must be easily accessible so passengers

Vehicles must be easily accessible so passengers in wheelchairs and / or with walking aids can gain access, easily and safely.

02

Vehicles may be used for hire

Vehicles may be used for hire and reward operations therefore each vehicle must comply with current EU and UK Regulations.

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Source & provenance
OCID
042311a5-391a-47f8-8e6f-900dbcd5c93f
Stage
contract · Contract
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