7.
Service Specification
Route:
434
QC42206
This Service Specification forms section 7 of the ITT and should be read in
conjunction with the ITT document, Version 1 dated 29 September 2011.
You are formally invited to tender for the provision of the bus service detailed below
and in accordance with this Service Specification. Tenderers must ensure that a
Compliant Tender is submitted and this will only be considered for evaluation if all
parts of the Tender documents, as set out in section 11, have been received by the
Corporation by the Date of Tender. The Tender must be fully completed in the
required format, in accordance with the Instructions to Tenderers. A Compliant
Tender must comply fully with the requirements of the Framework Agreement;
adhere to the requirements of the Service Specification; and reflect the price of
operating the Services with new vehicles.
Terminus Points
Coulsdon, Ridgemount Avenue to Whyteleafe South,
Wapses Lodge, Court Bushes Road
Contract Basis
Incentivised
Commencement Date
31st August 2013
Vehicle Type
45 capacity, single door, single deck, minimum 8.9m
long
Current Maximum Approved
8.94 metres long and 2.44 metres wide
Dimensions
New Vehicles Mandatory
Yes
Hybrid Price Required
No
Sponsored Route
No
Minimum Performance Standard Departing on Time - No less than 82.00%
Extension Threshold
Departing on Time Threshold – 86.00%
Advertising Rights
Operator
Minimum Operated Mileage
No less than 98.00%
Standard
The Date of Tender for this ITT is:
No later than 12 Noon on 29th October 2012.
Tenderers should refer to section 3 of Part A for the Service Specification
Explanatory Notes and Appendix B of section 5 for the Example Service
Specification of the ITT document.
SERVICE SPECIFICATION
1) SERVICE SPEC - ROUTE SPECIFICATION INFORMATION
2) NOTES
3) SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS & PINCHPOINTS
4) OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
5) ROUTE RECORD, CURRENT PERFORMANCE, QSI BY TIME OF DAY,
IBUS MILEAGE & QSI POINTS
2)
NOTES
Proposed Changes:
At this time, no changes are proposed to the existing service for introduction prior to
the commencement of the new Route Agreement for Route No. 434.
Tenderers should note that the following alterations (subject to consultation) are
proposed as part of this Service Specification for introduction with the new Route
Agreement:
Introduction of a Sunday service with a frequency of every 30 minutes has been
specified.
Tenderers must identify the cost of the Sunday service separately.
The short working journeys during the evenings are extended to operate the full
length of the route.
Hail & ride operation and/or limited stop/express sections: Hail and ride operation, with buses stopping wherever it is safe to set down and pick
up passengers, applies on the following sections of Route No. 434:
Towards Whyteleafe South, Wapses Lodge:
Ridgemount Avenue, Rickman Hill
Smitham Downs Road, Smitham Bottpm Lona, Woodcote Valley Road
Foxley Hill Road, Beaumont Road, Higher Drive, Northwood Avenue, Oaks
Road, Oaks Way, Park Road, Kenley Lane, Valley Road, Beverley Road,
Hornchurch Hill.
Towards Coulsdon, Ridgemount Avenue:
Hornchurch Hill, Beverley Road, Valley Road, Kenley Lane, Park Road, Oaks
Way, Oaks Road, Northwood Avenue, Higher Drive, Beaumont Road, Foxley
Hill Road,
Woodcote Valley Road, Smitham Bottom Lane, Smitham Downs Road
Rickman Hill, Woodlands Grove, Ridgemount Avenue.
REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
The section of Route No. 434 between the Surrey County Boundary at Beverley
Road, Hornchurch Hill and Whyteleafe South, Wapses Lodge will need to be
registered with the Traffic Commissioner for the South Eastern and Metropolitan
Traffic Area 56 days before the operation commences. Copies of the registration
should be sent to::
The South Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Area Office
Hillcrest House
386 Harehills Lane
Leeds
LS9 9NF
Copies of the registration should be sent to:
Principal Transport Officer
Surrey County Council
County Hall
Penrhyn Road
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 2DY
and to:
Bus and Coach Licensing Manager,
Consultation Delivery
TfL Surface Planning
11th Floor, Zone G8
Palestra
197 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8NJ
e-mail:
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