Provision of Cleaning of Transwa Road Coach and Railcar Fleets

Background

Transwa is the regional arm of the Public Transport Authority (PTA) and direct provider of public transport services to meet the needs of regional Western Australia.

The Transwa network extends to Kalbarri and Meekatharra in the north, east to Kalgoorlie and south east to Esperance. A large portion of services cater for the major regional centres throughout the south west of the state.

This procurement seeks a contractor to provide cleaning services for the Transwa road coach and railcars fleets.

Scope of services

The Transwa road coach and railcar fleets are cleaned following every service to ensure a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene is maintained at all times and to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction.

Transwa operate four rail services:

• The Prospector service, between East Perth and Kalgoorlie, has a total of 18 services per week.
• The Australind service, between Perth City and Bunbury, has a total of 28 services per week.
• The AvonLink and MerredinLink services are operated utilising the same two railcars:
  • The AvonLink service, between Midland and Northam, has a total of 10 services per week.
  • The MerredinLink, between East Perth and Merredin, has a total of 6 services per week.

Transwa operate twenty three Volvo/Irizar road coaches. The road coaches are a Volvo B11R chassis with an Irizar i6 body. The road coaches travel approximately 130,000kms per year.

Estimated Contract Commencement date is 31 March 2021

Contract Services are expected to be provided for a period of three (3) years with one option to extend the contract for a second term of two (2) years.