Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales / Provision of Rural Coach services to CountryLink - 08/03068

RFT ID 08/03068

RFT Type Open Tenders

Published 22-Dec-2008

Closes 28-Jan-2009 10:00am

Category Passenger transport

Agency Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales

Contact Person

Peter Kerr
Phone: (02) 8922 4126
peter.kerr@railcorp.nsw.gov.au

Tender Details

Rail Corporation New South Wales (RailCorp) provides rail and coach services throughout New South Wales, ACT, Queensland and Victoria under the brand name CountryLink. Coach services are provided by private coach operators whose coaches are branded with the CountryLink livery.

CountryLink's coach services are organised into various Separable Parts, that link different locations in NSW and the other states.

RailCorp is calling for tenders from accredited coach operators for the provision of coach services for six (6) of these Separable Parts. Grafton – Moree; Lithgow – Baradine; Cootamundra – Condobolin; Cootamundra – Mildura; Wagga Wagga – Echuca; and Albury – Echuca. These are return services.

Contracts will have an initial term of five (5) years; RailCorp will have options to extend the contract for further terms of up to three, 12 month periods. RailCorp's requirements in rela

Location

NSW Regions: Central West, Far West, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Northern, North Western, Richmond Tweed, South Eastern, Sydney

Estimated Value

From $13,000,000.00 to $15,000,000.00

RFT Type

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

Conditions for Participation

Must be an Accredited Service Operator under the Passenger Transport Act 1990 (NSW)