Decision details

Decision details

Clean Bus Technology Fund

Decision status: Implemented

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The Council has been awarded £671,550 of funding from the Joint Air Quality Unit, DEFRA to retrofit buses in Oxford with emissions reduction equipment, in the interest of improving air quality. In May 2019 project approval was granted by CEB and it was decided to Delegate to the Transition Director, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer and Section 151 officer, the authority within the funding envelope provided by the Council to enter into: bid partners; and third parties required to deliver the project subject to their being selected under an appropriate procurement process.

Decision:

Decision has been made to award a grant of £212,464 to Arriva and a grant of £75,880 to Oxford Bus Company for retrofitting of buses with SCRT technology to reduce emissions. Funding comes from the governments Clean Bus technology Fund.

Alternative options considered:

Option 1 - No award: rejected as grant funding has been allocated to the council from Defra/DfT
Option 2 - Other providers: We are finalising a legal agreement with stagecoach and a separate decision will come forward at a later date.

Publication date: 23/07/2019

Date of decision: 22/07/2019

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