Bath & North East Somerset Council Bus Purchase and Contract Hire Framework

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: II.2.1) Instead of: 12-Seat minibus conversions, including accessible conversions Read: 5 to 12-Seat minibus conversions, including accessible conversions Place of text to be modified: II.2.4) Instead of: Lot 3: 12-Seat minibus conversions, including accessible conversions of vehicles operating on Diesel, Petrol, Hybrid, Electric, LPG, Hydrogen, and Bio fuels. This lot is for the purchase of converted chassis from the converters appointed to the framework. Members can if they choose to, nominate and/or provide the necessary chassis' for conversion and pay for the conversion only. Converters can make available for sale exdemonstration vehicles to Members within this lot. Read: Lot 3: 5 to 12-Seat minibus conversions, including accessible conversions of vehicles operating on Diesel, Petrol, Hybrid, Electric, LPG, Hydrogen, and Bio fuels. This lot is for the purchase of converted chassis from the converters appointed to the framework. Members can if they choose to, nominate and/or provide the necessary chassis' for conversion and pay for the conversion only. Converters can make available for sale exdemonstration vehicles to Members within this lot. Bath & North East Somerset Council invites tenders for organisations to participate in a 48 month Agreement for the supply of buses, including converted/unconverted chassis on a purchase or contract hire basis. The Agreement will be used by the Council, and may also be used by all Local Authorities and other contracting authorities located in the United Kingdom. Links to the different definable groups are provided in section VI.3 of this notice.

The Agreement is available to all current and future members of The Procurement Partnership Limited's (TPPL) buying club. A list of members of TPPL can be obtained from http://www.tppl.co.uk/about-us/our-members/.

TPPL are acting as an agent for and on behalf of the Council and will undertake all activities relating to this proposed Agreement including but not limited to management of this tender process, and the Agreement when awarded.