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Cycle Hire Scheme

Buyer: Cardiff Council →

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BuyerCardiff Council
StatusClosed
Deadline30 Mar 2026
Value£250,000
Published27 Feb 2026

What is being bought

The Council is seeking a suitably experienced operator to supply, operate and fund a micro mobility and cycle hire scheme for the City of Cardiff. The scheme is to include, eBike and eCargo bike hire, with the possibility to also incorporate eScooter hire subject to future legislative changes during the period of this contract. The scheme will provide up to 2500 units within the Cardiff City Council area with parking in designated bays, supported by measure to ensure safe and efficient use of footways for all uses. The operator will be responsible for delivery a fully self-supporting scheme at nil cost to the council, covering all assets, operations, maintenance and customer management requirements. The tender documents can be found on the Proactis portal https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login

Delivery location

UKL22, GB

Categories

Cycles with auxiliary motors 34422000Parts and accessories for bicycles 34432000Motorcycle maintenance services 50115200

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£250,000
Contract periodFrom 18 May 2026 to 17 May 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — There are 5 Quality Questions - the breakdown is as follow: Operations (35%) Continuous Improvements (20%) Account and Contract Management (10%) Safety (25%) Data (10%) (55%)
Price — The price is via a spreadsheet (30%)
Community Wellbeing Benefits — Community wellbeing benefits consists of 3 parts. Quantitative, Qualitative and a Delivery Plan (15%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Cycles with auxiliary motors, Parts and accessories for bicycles, Motorcycle maintenance servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 34. The category anchor is Cycles with auxiliary motors (34422000); 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 342,0253 median · 21.3 average (615 of 2,025 with a bid count)3.6 average (679 of 2,025 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKL22153 median · 3.6 average (9 of 15 with a bid count)1.6 average (9 of 15 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1431 median · 2 average (5 of 143 with a bid count)1 average (6 of 143 with named award suppliers)Not published

“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 regimeconcession
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-05fd36
Latest release ID017649-2026
Latest release timestampFri Feb 27 2026 08:44:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017649-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-03-20T12:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsAll submissions are via Proactis https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login No postal submissions will be accepted. All submissions must be received before the closing date and time to be considered.
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£250,000
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
27 Feb 2026tender017649-2026
24 Dec 2025planning086104-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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