Purchase Two Low Floor Wheelchair Accessible Minibuses

The Council is looking to purchase two low floor wheelchair accessible minibuses. The minibus must accommodate 16 seated passengers, or a combination of seated passengers and up to 4 passengers travelling in wheelchairs.

The minibus must be compliant with Public Service Vehicle (PSV) construction regulations in order that it can be operated for hire and reward under a PSV Operators License.

The minibus must comply with schedules 6&7 of the Road Vehicles Construction and Use regulations 1986 (SI 1986/1078) and subsequent amendments.

The minibus must also be compliant with the Equality Act 2010 read in conjunction with the PSV Accessibility Regulations 2000.

A Certificate of Initial Fitness and evidence of EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval or a Certificate of Conformity must be provided at the supplier's expense prior to registration.

The Gross Vehicle Mass and total weight of the completed vehicle should be made explicit with quotation. The manufacturer is to ensure GVM and axle weights could not be exceeded when the minibus is fully loaded with passengers.

The overall length of the vehicle must not exceed 7800mm. The overall height of the vehicle must not exceed 2645mm. The overall width of the vehicle must not exceed 2220mm.

Additional information: Suppliers interested in this contract opportunity can access the full procurement documentation by visiting Bournemouth Borough Council's electronic Tendering system www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Suppliers should search for the contract opportunity through Supplying the South West. There are further details of the contract opportunity on the advert published on www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk and instructions on how suppliers can access the procurement documentation for completion.

Responses to the contract opportunity must be submitted electronically through www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk before the deadline shown on the system.

If you are unable to access the advert for the opportunity through www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk please contact the Council using the contact details provided.

A notice was sent to the European Journal regarding this opportunity on 19 January 2018.