Tender outcome predictable
9/5/10Last Tuesday’s announcement that the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company has “won” the tender to operate the Route Partnership’s proposed new service to the Isles of Scilly should come as no surprise.
According to reports two other companies tendered for the contract but with the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (IoSSCo) having already made it clear that they intended to continue operating their existing service it is hard to see how any other outcome was possible. If the contract had gone elsewhere and the IoSSCo had continued to operate on the route, the competition would have made it impossible for the Route Partnership to make the business case that is a prerequisite of government funding.
The tender process is required by law and should not discriminate in favour of any one operator.
Cornishman Report