South Fife School Bus Services - Contract Extensions

Fife Council organises school bus services in line with The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (Sections 42 & 51), as amended by the Education (Scotland) Act 1981, Education (Scotland) Act 1996 and The Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc Act 2000 and by enhancements agreed as Fife Council policy.

These contracts are for the supply of school bus services in South Fife.

These bus services which are the subject of this Notice are in South Fife. South Fife is an area comprising, though not exclusively so, the boundaries of the former Dunfermline District Council. In general terms, this area is bounded by Kincardine, Saline, Kelty, Cardenden, Aberdour and the Forth Coast between Aberdour and Kincardine. The main urban centres are Dunfermline, Rosyth, Inverkeithing, Dalgety Bay, Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Cardenden, Kelty and Ballingry. Services may operate wholly within the South Fife area but are not limited by its boundaries and may operate further afield.

On 18th May 2015 a notice informing operators of the award of the contracts was issued Reference No: MAY208977 OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000323478. The contracts originally commenced on 17th August 2015 with an end date of 14th August 2022. his notice is to extend these existing contracts with the incumbent suppliers for a period of 12 months until 13th August 2023 for the reasons detailed in section IV of this notice.