A&BC has decided to re-tender the original faIled tender
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There is NO increase in the subsidy.
Irrespective there will be a break in service from mid May through to mid Oct, unless some interim service provision can be agreed.
However A&BC’s Re-Tender COVERING LETTER 8 Mar 2019 offers any tenderer a panoply of flexibility, and freedom, to develop their own proposals on:-
● The aircraft type they wish to use;
● The service timetable they wish to implement;
● Any seasonal variation to the service timetable they wish to implement;
● Months of service operation e.g. spring to autumn service only;
● The pricing schedule they wish to implement;
● The marketing and advertising approach for the service
These flexibility options linked to other incentives should ensure there is a tendered proposal which A&BC may, or may not, take to a positive conclusion by Oct.
For your information Argyll and Bute Council published the re-tender on 7th Mar.
These links take you to the to the re-tender documentation with submissions required latests Thursday 2nd May 2019 at 12 noon.
Contract Notice – Public Contracts Scotland:
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR347645
Invitation to Tender and access to Tender Document / Submit a Response – PCS-Tender: