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[PR] Consultation on Bus Public Service Contracts - NTA

  • 14-06-2012 2:54pm
    #1
    noelfirl
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    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0614/breaking36.html
    The National Transport Agency (NTA) is seeking public opinion ahead of awarding new public bus service contracts.Bus users and members of the public are being asked to give their views on a range of issues via a questionnaire by July 11th, ahead of new contracts being issued in 2014.
    For those who wish to vent spleen, the questionnaire posed - which is linked to at this NTA page - is not a typical customer satisfaction survey, and instead allows for quite hypothetical and considered responses and will probably be of interest to some here.
    Q1. How can the new public service contracts best ensure a good quality of service is provided to passengers?

    Q2. How can the new public bus contracts best ensure the integration of the public bus services and the integration of these services with the wider public transport network?

    Q3. How can the new contracts best ensure value for taxpayer money?

    Q4. Are there benefits in introducing separate contracts for different bus market segments within the Dublin area? If so, how should such market segments be defined?

    Q5. Are there benefits in introducing separate contracts for different bus market segments outside the Dublin area? If so, how should such market segments be defined?

    Q6. What are the potential benefits or otherwise of competitively tendering for the award of new bus service contracts, compared to directly awarding contracts to Dublin Bus or Bus Éireann?

    Q7. Are there any other considerations you wish to identify or comment on, that are relevant to the new contracts for bus passenger services?


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  • #2
    Victor
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    e-mail wrote:
    Consultation on Bus Public Service Contracts
    14th June 2012

    The National Transport Authority has launched a public consultation to seek the views of the public and interested parties (including users of the public bus services) on the approach to be adopted in relation to new contracts for provision of public bus services.

    A consultation document is available, and a questionnaire has been designed. Responses are sought before 5.00pm on July 11th.

    For the consultation documentation click: Bus Public Service Contracts Consultation

    Bus Public Service Contracts Consultation
    Current

    Public Consultation on 2014 Bus Public Service Contracts

    The National Transport Authority (NTA) is responsible for, among other things, securing the provision of public bus services.

    In accordance with the relevant legislation, direct award contracts for bus services for the discharge of public service obligations were awarded by the NTA to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann for an initial period of 5 years, from 1st December 2009.

    New contracts for the provision of these bus services are required to commence from 1st December 2014.The NTA is considering whether to undertake one or more procurement competitions for the award of part or all of these contracts, or it may decide to directly award part or all of these contracts to the existing contracted parties.

    The purpose of this public consultation is to seek the views of the public and interested parties (including users of the public bus services) on the approach to be adopted in relation to these new contracts.

    A public consultation document and questionnaire is available to download below:

    Public Consultation on 2014 Bus Public Service Contracts

    Non Statutory Public Consultation Questionnaire on 2014 Bus Public Service Contracts

    To participate in this public consultation, interested parties should read the consultation document and:

    email the completed questionnaire to 2014busconsult@nationaltransport.ie ; or
    submit the completed questionnaire by post to:

    2014 Bus Consultation.
    National Transport Authority.
    Dun Scéine,
    Iveagh Court,
    Dublin 2.

    Any submissions must be received by the NTA by 5pm on Wednesday 11th July 2012.

    A separate market consultation in relation to potential bus contracts is also underway, and has been advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union.


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