First bus package under GCM now up for tender

It includes around 380 buses and 26 routes.

The first bus package under the new Government Contracting Model has been put up for tender today by the Land Transport Authority, made up of 26 bus routes operating from three interchanges.

Both local and foreign bus operators may bid for the right to operate the package, which may start with about 380 buses leased to the operator in 2016, before growing to about 500 buses in 2021.

The 26 bus services will operate from three bus interchanges – Bukit Batok, Clementi and Jurong East; and terminate at five bus interchanges – Bedok, Boon Lay, Marina Centre, Shenton Way, and Toa Payoh. They will be supported by the new Bulim Bus Depot located off Jurong West Avenue 2.

The contract is for a term of five years, with the possibility of a two-year extension based on the operator’s performance.