Public Transport Services and Infrastructure Business Case Development for Western Bay of Plenty

Western Bay of Plenty Public Transport Services & Infrastructure Single Stage Business Case CON000136 Bay of Plenty Regional Council, on behalf of project partners Tauranga City Council, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Western Bay of Plenty District Council, is seeking Requests for Proposals (RFP) for the development of a Single Stage Business Case to confirm future investment public transport (PT) services and supporting infrastructure over the next 10 to 30 years across Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty sub-region.

Building off the back of the Urban Form and Transport Initiative and the Western Bay Transport System Plan, this Single Stage Business Case will confirm: � the preferred PT Service Model � the infrastructure required to support the new PT service model The partners have undertaken some work to identify a high level PT service model but further work will be undertaken during the business case to confirm details.

A supplier briefing session, which will include a presentation on the work done to date will be held on 23rd August 2022 between 2 � 3pm. This will be an online briefing so please register your interest in attending by emailing Elaine.Nolan@boprc.govt.nz before 12pm, 18th August 2022. This is an exciting opportunity to help set the future of public transport for Tauranga and the Western Bay sub-region.

We are looking for a supplier with great public transport network planning capability and business case experience who wants to work with us to achieve our modal shift targets and community outcomes. RFP Proposals are to be received by Bay of Plenty Regional Council no later than 2pm, Thursday 8th September 2022.

Please refer to the RfP and specifications in the attachments for the full details, and add these dates in bold to your calendar.