DESIGN AND CONVERSION MANAGEMENT SERVICES
National Playbus Association has offered these services to our members since 1985. Details can be found in the
‘Going Mobile' leaflet (download at the bottom of this page) along with a list of member organisations who have benefited from them. If you download the
'Photos' (also at the bottom of this page) you will see the sort of vehicle conversions that we have designed and managed.
A Play or Community Bus costs anywhere between £100,000 to £250,000 depending on the type of vehicle. It therefore makes sense to invest a bit of money in a carefully thought through design to ensure that you get exactly what you want and at the best possible price. Funders expect this and some may cover these initial costs to ensure that their money is spent in the most effective way. Applications to the Big Lottery will need to be supported by three conversion quotations. Your application will be enhanced if you also include the detailed design specification demonstrating that you are approaching the application for funding and seeking of tendered quotations in a professional manner.
All the way through the design process, you are in control of the decision making. Using the drawings and specification, you are then free to approach as many conversion companies of your own choice as you wish to obtain firm quotations for the work and can feel assured that you are comparing the quotations like with like. If you need advice as to whom to approach we can help. You will find the variance of the tendered quotations surprising as there is no fixed price for conversion work.
If you require further information please contact:
John Sutton, Technical Manager, National Playbus Association 
Design Service 
