NSW outer metropolitan bus tender awarded to ComfortDelGro

The contract was worth A$200m ($180m)

Taxi firm, ComfortDelGro said its subsidiary, CDC NSW Pty Ltd, won the outer metropolitan bus contract in New South Wales. 

In a bourse filing, the taxi operator said it also won three other successful tenders from NSW Government resulting in two contracts for Sydney Metropolitan Region 4, and combined Regions 12 and 14 just seven months earlier. The three contracts are totalled A$1.9b ($1.7b).

The latest bid is the Outer Metropolitan Bus Service Contract for Region 7, which covers the NSW Central Coast, including The Entrance, Gosford, Wyong, and the surrounding areas. 

The contract, which will begin services in July 2024 and run for eight years, has been awarded by the NSW Government to Red Bus CDC NSW – a 50:50 joint venture (JV) company between CDC NSW and Red Bus Services.

Red Bus Services is a bus operator with over 80 years of experience serving the Central Coast community. It has collaborated with CDC NSW for Region 7 tender to deliver better value based on its combined strengths, expertise, and resources to serve the more than two million passengers expected yearly.

Aside from bus services, the contract will also create employment as CDC NSW expands its operations.

It expects to have a workforce of over 2,500 across NSW, which will be an increase of 150 employees from its current strength.

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