GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

[Garsty]

RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

(03/08/2016 15:01)LJ51 DDA Wrote:  I have been informed that Arriva shall find out by the end of the week if they have gained the 40 and 146, it will be ran from Wrexham depot.

Route 40 does not appear to have gone out to tender, deadline is 5pm Friday with the contracts lasting until 31st March 2017.

In terms of the T3 vehicles the tender had 3 options:

Quote:Option 1: Timetable and specification as provided – operator to provide
vehicles as per specification (fixed / full cost)
Option 2: Timetables as provided – Welsh Government to provide vehicles
(fixed / full cost)
Option 3: Operator to provide alternative timetable and service specification
to meet broad specification of contract. (fixed / full cost)

It would appear GHA won the tender with either Option 1 or 3, hence the vehicles have not passed onto Lloyds Coaches. The tender decision was split 70% cost and 30% quality. So it looks like GHA won the tender based on the lowest overall cost including them purchasing the vehicles, rather than the Welsh Government.