Consultancy services for a feasibility study on in-house bus operations

Summary

The tender concerns consultancy services for a development study on whether Vestland County can organise bus operations in-house for parts of the limited contract area. The assignment is intended to assess resource use, market competition, flexibility in investment and operations, and the consequences for management, administration and financial risk if an in-house or hybrid model runs in parallel with the tendered model in the other contract area. The work is divided into Phase 0 and Phase 1; Phase 0 includes two sub-deliveries and political steering points, and the administration estimates 500–900 hours depending on data access, case selection and organisational scope. The notice does not provide precise bidder qualification or exclusion requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents.