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RE: WBT Network Warrington

(21/11/2016 15:25)Dentonian Wrote:  Right. I don't know how you would measure "Quality" though. If an Operator is deemed safe, has all the criteria VOSA need to be in business; have pre-registered with TFGM to be on the "approved contractors" list, and are not banned from bidding due to major amassing of Penalties on existing contracts, then they simply win by putting in the cheapest bid. All I would say is that the latest report to TFGMC suggests the quality of tendered service Operation (incl. punctuality) is as high as its been for a long time - I VERY much doubt the same can be said for commercial services, mind you.

I'm not sure exactly how they do it but the TSS (Cheshire East) ones mention a score of up to 100 for quality and up to 60 for price: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:...XT:EN:HTML

However, I have observed the 27, 88 and 200 awards are all above the estimated value. Apparently in the case of the 88 D&G won with a bid which meant they get a higher subsidy for running the service in exchange for TSS getting a higher proportion of the revenue taken. In the case of the 38 Arriva won with a bid which was slightly below the estimated value while High Peak put in a bid comprising both the 19 and P1 - presumably they identified a way of reducing operating costs if they had both routes.