❓ Details the number and types of school bus service contracts in WA as of June 2018, including those exclusively transporting students to non-public schools and their regional distribution. The question seeks specific data on existing contracts and their characteristics.
AnsweredQoN 1742Legislative Council
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I refer to school bus service contracts in Western Australia, and I ask: (a) as at 30 June 2018, how many contracts exist by contract type; (b) please detail the key features of each contract type; (c) how many of these contracts or subsequent services exist to exclusively transport students attending non-public schools; and (d) of those identified in (c), please identify the corresponding region in which the contract or service operates?
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Answered
6 December 2018
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Transport; Planning; Lands
Response time
11 days
(a) Evergreen Contracts – 689; Tendered Contracts – 83; Short Term Contract/Quote – 71; Cluster Contracts – 10; Composite Rate Model Contract – 1
(b) Evergreen Contract – The contract is a five year contract that effectively ‘rolls over’ for a new five year period providing the service is required and the contractor meets his/her key performance indicators.
Tendered Contracts – Tendered as life of bus contracts, usually ten years for small buses and 15 years for large buses.
Short Term Contracts/Quotes – Due to a moratorium imposed by the previous Government in 2011 on all school bus tendering while the Composite Rate Model fixed term contracts were converted to Evergreen Contracts, the PTA put in place short term fixed period contracts or quotes.
Cluster Contracts - Fixed term contracts with multiple services.
Composite Rate Model Contract - The only long term contract which was introduced in 2003 and did not transition to an Evergreen Contract.
(c) 52
(d) Kimberley – 3; Pilbara – 2; Mid West – 2; Wheatbelt – 5; Southwest – 11; Great Southern – 3; Perth/Peel - 26
(b) Evergreen Contract – The contract is a five year contract that effectively ‘rolls over’ for a new five year period providing the service is required and the contractor meets his/her key performance indicators.
Tendered Contracts – Tendered as life of bus contracts, usually ten years for small buses and 15 years for large buses.
Short Term Contracts/Quotes – Due to a moratorium imposed by the previous Government in 2011 on all school bus tendering while the Composite Rate Model fixed term contracts were converted to Evergreen Contracts, the PTA put in place short term fixed period contracts or quotes.
Cluster Contracts - Fixed term contracts with multiple services.
Composite Rate Model Contract - The only long term contract which was introduced in 2003 and did not transition to an Evergreen Contract.
(c) 52
(d) Kimberley – 3; Pilbara – 2; Mid West – 2; Wheatbelt – 5; Southwest – 11; Great Southern – 3; Perth/Peel - 26
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