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Bikeability Service Provision

Buyer: Medway Council →

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BuyerMedway Council
StatusClosed
Deadline6 Mar 2026
Value£150,000
Published26 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Bikeability is a UK Government standard, created by the Department for Transport and based upon the National Standard for Cycle Training. The standard was introduced in 2017 following approval by the Cycle Training Standards Board. Bikeability replaced what was traditionally known as ‘cycling proficiency’ training. Any company or organisation wishing to bid for this contract must already be a registered training provider with the Bikeability Trust. Bids from organisations not already registered will not be considered. The scheme is designed primarily to provide children and young people the skills and confidence to ride their bikes on today’s roads. The scheme is funded by the Department for Transport and administered by The Bikeability Trust. This external funding is provided to Local Authorities via a set cost per head for each child that undertakes the course. Bikeability in Medway was previously delivered in-house by Medway Council. When previously operated, the Council only offering Level 1, Level 2, and Bikeability Balance courses, provided to junior and infant schools across Medway. Courses are offered to schools on a target delivery model basis. The service is managed by the Council’s Transport and Parking Service and specifically the Sustainable Transport Team within that service. The team work to promote and develop more sustainable transport options across Medway, and part of this includes the promotion and development of cycling.. Bikeability was previously delivered in-house by a team of seven Instructors trained to the required National Standard. Whoever, due to staff changes, the team now has no current in-house Instructors. Recruitment to replace the staff has not been successful. As a result, no courses are currently being delivered. In order to bring Bikeability course delivery back to schools in Medway, and expand the service where possible, the Council wishes to commission an external provider to deliver Bikeability courses to schools in Medway. This will include the promotion of and management of the service. In commissioning an external Bikeability provider, it is hoped that this provider can utilise their expertise to expand the service, increase the number of courses delivered, and maximise the funding made available by the Department of Transport for courses. The contract for service delivery will be for an initial period of three years, with three one-year extensions to be considered subject to satisfactory service provision. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1009269705

Delivery location

UKJ41, GB

Categories

Various school services 80410000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£150,000
Contract periodFrom 6 Apr 2026 to 5 Apr 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Criterion 1 (55%)
Criterion 2 (45%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Various school servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Various school services (80410000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 804,5462 median · 31.6 average (2,048 of 4,546 with a bid count)3.1 average (2,220 of 4,546 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ41620 median · 21.7 average (3 of 6 with a bid count)5.8 average (4 of 6 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3538 median · 7.3 average (7 of 353 with a bid count)1 average (8 of 353 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060ea9
Latest release ID006696-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jan 26 2026 14:05:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006696-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-06T12:00:00+00:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-03-06T12:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£150,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
26 Jan 2026tender006696-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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