The Council is purchasing two low floor wheelchair accessible mini-buses:

— the mini-bus must accommodate 16 seated passengers or a combination of seated passengers and up to 4 passengers traveling in wheelchairs,

— the Gross Vehicle Mass and a total weight of the completed vehicle should be made explicit within the quotation,

— the manufacturer is to ensure GVM and axle weights could not be exceeded when the minibus is fully loaded with passengers,

— the overall length of the vehicle must not exceed 7 800 mm,

— the overall height of the vehicle must not exceed 2 645 mm,

— the overall width of the vehicle must not exceed 2 220 mm.

The Council is purchasing two low floor wheelchair accessible mini-buses:

— the mini-bus must accommodate 16 seated passengers or a combination of seated passengers and up to 4 passengers traveling in wheelchairs,

— the mini-bus must be compliant with Public Service Vehicle (PSV) construction regulations in order that it can be operated for hire and reward under a PSV Operators License,

— the mini-bus must comply with schedules 6 and 7 of the Road Vehicles Construction and Use regulations 1986 (SI 1986/1078) and subsequent amendments,

— the mini-bus must also be compliant with the Equality Act 2010 read in conjunction with the PSV Accessibility Regulations 2000,

— a Certificate of Initial Fitness and evidence of EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval or a Certificate of Conformity must be provided at the supplier’s expense prior to registration.