Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Isle of Wight Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Go South Coast Ltd
- Value
- £290,050
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Transport services · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver (CPV 60170000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 026220-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Mar 2024
- Published16 Aug 2024Published 168 days after the contract date
Description
Award of a contract to the only commercial bus operator on the Isle of Wight for the provision of Local Bus Service Enhancements (Route 5) to increase frequency from 3 to 4 buses per hour on Mondays to Saturdays from May 2024 until the timetable change in spring 2026. Additional information: The values given are estimated for the whole period. The Isle of Wight Council will observe a 10 day standstill period from the date of the publication of this VEAT notice until midnight on the 27 August 2024.
About the supplier
Go South Coast Ltd: every public contract they have won.