Purpose

Approve the BSIP 2025/26 programme

Note the update on previous procurement via the Dynamic Purchasing
System (DPS)

Gain approval for public transport contracts above £250k in
total contact value.

Decision

Cllr Stephen Davies on behalf of Cllr Philip
Robinson sought Cabinet approval
 
 

1.              
To approve the allocation of 2025/26 BSIP (Bus
Service Improvement Plan) funding, described in Appendix 1 and 2 of
this report, for the provision of improved bus services and
infrastructure investment throughout Gloucestershire during the
2025/26 financial year.

2.              
To seek approval to send the Department for
Transport (DfT) an updated BSIP Delivery Plan in line with this
report.
 

3.              
To seek delegated authority to procure these service
improvements.

4.              
To seek delegated authority to procure contracts
through the Council’s Dynamic Purchasing System for existing
bus services and home to school transport services with a forecast
value over £250k (Appendix 3).
 
 
 
Having considered all of the information,
Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:
 
That Cabinet delegate authority
to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment &
Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Education and Bus Transport to:
 

1.              
Finalise and approve the capital and revenue spend
programme (which will be based on the indicative estimates set out
in Appendix 1 and 2 of this report). This shall form the basis of
the BSIP Delivery Plan that will be sent to the DfT by 31 March
2025 as this is a requirement of the funding; and
 

2.              
Submit to the DfT the BSIP Delivery Plan which will
set out in detail how the 2025/26 BSIP funding will be spent by the
council in the 2025/26 financial year; and

3.              
Procure and award, subject to the financial
restrictions set out in the Resourcing Implications section of this
report below, the contracts described in Appendix 1 to this report
for the supply of bus services, from suppliers admitted to the
council’s existing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for
Passenger Transport, during the 2025/26 financial year. Contracts
will be for a term of 12 months with an extension option for a
further 12-24 months should GCC receive further funding provision
from the DfT; and

4.              
Procure and award, subject to the financial
restrictions set out in the Resourcing Implications section of this
report below, the contracts described in Appendix 3 to this report
for the supply of public bus services and home to school services
from suppliers admitted to the council’s existing Dynamic
Purchasing System (DPS) for Passenger Transport, with an expected
contract value over £250k. Contracts will be for a term of no
more than 5 years.