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Tender Details
- Country: United Kingdom
- Summary: Bsip Community Transport Service Grant Funding July 2024 Early Market Engagement
- GBT Ref No: 104790928
- Deadline: 08 Aug 2024
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Public
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: tender_456693/1387819
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market of a forthcoming market engagement event relating to grant funding available to Community Transport operators, as part of Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) successful application for Phase 3 Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding allocation.
The BSIP seeks to integrate Community Transport (CT), Ring and Ride (R&R) and Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) services in to the wider integrated public transport network. The existing R&R and DRT services are tailored to provide travel for individuals. These services are not currently designed and do not have the capacity to provide travel to group sessions designed for citizens with specific needs or requiring support such as Age Concern, Community Support Groups, Stroke Recovery & Rehabilitation, mental health support networks etc. Due to the cost of transport a number of these groups are no longer meeting and supporting these citizens. Whilst we can provide travel for individuals to these group activities, we can't guarantee it due to the limited capacity and demand responsive nature of existing services. We will provide dedicated additional capacity through our 3rd Sector partners to meet this demand to July 2026. Benefit will be measured through reviewing passenger numbers service availability and sustainability / re-introduction of group activities.
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is the public body responsible for co-ordinating tran... - Documents :
Purchaser : WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY
16 Summer Lane Birmingham B19 3TR England
Contact Person : Susannah Turton
Email :susannah.turton@wmca.org.uk
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