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COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 28 September 2016 Inter-Island PSO Air Services Review of Services and Procurement Options COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 28 September

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COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 28 September 2016

Inter-Island PSO Air Services Review of Services and Procurement Options

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COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 28 September 2016 Scope of Review

In addition to carrying out an analysis of passenger carryings and service usage over the current contract period, the review was also to include the following:

  • A general analysis of the socio and economic impact of the

reduction of air services

  • The identification and appraisal of options for future air services
  • An overview of legislation and public sector and industry practice to

identify a means for the reinstatement of a five-day service within existing financial provisions.

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COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 28 September 2016 Scope of Review

  • Findings of review (Tom Matthew)
  • Options for future air services (Tom Matthew)
  • Options for tendering (Iain Mackinnon)
  • Recommendations to Comhairle (Iain Mackinnon)
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Review of Outer Hebrides PSO Air Services

Tom Matthew Director

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Presentation Structure

 Work undertaken  Current Stornoway-Benbecula service  Impacts of previous changes to PSO services  Issues for future Stornoway-Benbecula service  Stornoway-Benbecula: options appraisal

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Work Undertaken

 Desk-based review of route statistics and other

information

 Over 50 face-to-face, telephone and email

consultations

 Self-completion survey of current Stornoway-

Benbecula passengers

 Community consultation events in Balivanich and

Stornoway

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Current Stornoway-Benbecula Service

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Service Profile

 Plane starts and ends in

Inverness, providing Inverness-Benbecula link

 Single adult fare between

£41 (non-flexible)-£75 (fully flexible)

 Road/ferry alternative takes

2-3 hours longer, with day trip only fully feasible in summer

 Two return flights per day-

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

 Day return trips possible to

Uist (6½ hours available) and Stornoway (4 hours)

 30 minute flight time  34 seat aircraft (Saab)

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Demand Fell After Service Reduced to Three Days, Business and Health Trips are Significant

 8,300 passengers in 2015-16  High percentage of

passengers on business (especially public sector)

 NHS patient traffic also

significant

 Day trips from Stornoway to

Benbecula an important element

 One quarter of passengers

are travelling between Inverness and Benbecula

 Most trips originate at the

Benbecula end of the route

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Annual Subsidy

 2015-2016 subsidy was £264,000  Equal to £32 subsidy per one way passenger

trip

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Main Benefits of Stornoway- Benbecula Service

 Reducing non-productive time for business passengers-

reduced travel time and avoiding overnight stays

 NHS patients-greater comfort than surface travel, able to be

treated in Stornoway and back to Uist on same day

 Through service between Benbecula and Inverness  Onward flight connections at Stornoway-e.g. to Edinburgh  An option for getting to/from the Outer Hebrides if

mainland air or ferry services are disrupted

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Impacts of Previous Changes to the PSO Services

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Evaluation Approach

 Used the following criteria:

  • Economic
  • Public Administration
  • Health Travel
  • Social
  • Public Acceptability
  • Equalities
  • Wider Impacts

 Scores given for each criteria-but no weightings

applied

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Stornoway-Benbecula: Reduced From Five Day To Three Day Service (1)

Most significant negative impacts on Health Travel:

  • 20% of admissions to/discharges from hospital

in Stornoway are on Monday and Friday

  • A number of patients-particularly those

travelling to Inverness-are quite unwell

  • Potentially arduous surface journey and/or

inability to get back from hospital in Inverness for the weekend

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Stornoway-Benbecula: Reduced From Five Day To Three Day Service (2)

 Equalities. Travel requirements for Southern Isles patients

appear more arduous than for other Outer Hebrides residents

 Public Administration:

  • less efficient travel for Comhairle staff based in Uist and
  • thers with island-wide remits
  • constrained operations of some Uist-based organisations and

a small number in Stornoway

 Public Acceptability-impacts on health travel seen as severe

for those most affected

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Discontinuation of Barra-Benbecula Service (1)

Most significant negative impacts on Public Administration:

  • less efficient travel for Comhairle staff based
  • n Barra and others with island-wide remits,

particularly given reduced Stornoway- Benbecula frequency

  • constrained operations of a small number of

public sector bodies based in Stornoway

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Discontinuation of Barra-Benbecula Service (2)

 Health Travel: Very limited number of patients

travelling between Barra and Uist & Barra Hospital/Stornoway/Inverness-but impacts are significant for them

 Equalities.

Barra patients travelling to Stornoway and Inverness likely to be in the poorest of health

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Issues for Future Stornoway- Benbecula Service

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Future Issues

 No obvious mechanism to

fund a five day service without increasing subsidy

 Passenger carryings

unlikely to return to pre- 2013 levels

 Single return flight on

Monday and Friday generally acceptable

 PSO tender to allow

  • perators to suggest their
  • wn ways of enhancing the

service

 Likely decline in public

sector travel between Stornoway and Southern Isles

 Likely reduction in

passengers making a day trip

 Increasing attractiveness of

road/ferry alternative

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Stornoway-Benbecula: Options Appraisal

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Approach to the Appraisal

 Used the following criteria:

  • Economic
  • Public Administration
  • Health Travel
  • Social
  • Public Acceptability
  • Equalities
  • Wider Impacts

 Also included potential change to current CnES subsidy cost  Scores given for each criteria-but no weightings applied

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Four Options

1.

Retain existing service

2.

Discontinue service

3.

Reinstate five day service with two return flights per day

4.

Five day service-double daily (three days) and two single daily rotations

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Option (2): Discontinue Service

 Very negative Health Travel and Public

Administration impacts, plus relatively large degree of public opposition

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Option (3): Five Day Service-Two Return Flights Per Day

 Positive Health Travel impact:

  • Southern Isles patients able to travel to/from Stornoway

by air on five days of the week

  • Particularly important for patients travelling to/from

Inverness

 Significant positive impact for Public Acceptability  Positive contribution to Public Administration-more

efficient and extensive public sector travel

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Option (4): Five Day Service-Double Daily (three days) and Two Single Daily Rotations

 Would achieve a proportion of the benefits of

Option 3

 Not all user needs could be met by a single

return flight on the two days

 Extent of impact would depend on flight timings

and how far Inverness connection was maintained

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COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 28 September 2016

Any questions regarding review findings and outcomes?

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COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 28 September 2016 Procurement Options

OPTION 1 Retention of three-day service; fixed specification OPTION 2 Reinstatement of five-day service; double rotations each day; fixed specification OPTION 3 Five-day service; double rotations three days/week; single rotations two days/week; fixed specification OPTION 4 Capped budget; bidders to propose services and timetables to best meet needs of service users; service thresholds to be specified; bids evaluated against service targets

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COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 28 September 2016 Procurement Options

OPTION 1 Retention of three-day service; fixed specification OPTION 2 Reinstatement of five-day service; double rotations each day; fixed specification OPTION 3 Five-day service; double rotations three days/week; single rotations two days/week; fixed specification OPTION 4 Capped budget; bidders to propose services and timetables to best meet needs of service users; service thresholds to be specified; bids evaluated against service targets

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COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 28 September 2016 Procurement Timetable

Description Milestone Comhairle Approval of Scope of Services 5 October 2016 Issue of Invitation to Tender 21 October 2016 Return of Tenders 23 November 2016 Identification of Preferred Bidder 9 December 2016 Contract Award 23 December 2016 Contract Start Date 1 April 2017