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Published 29 Aug 2024, 14:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Design, Supply, Maintenance & Operation of Belfast Bikes Public Hire Scheme

Official notice

Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Software Packages & ERP (48)Repair & Maintenance (50)

+2 more

Transport & Passenger Services (60)Business Services & Consultancy (79)

Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)

Awarded value£2,209,250published contract · exc. VAT

Submissions closed 25 Oct 2024awarded 12 Mar 2025

Awarded to Smidsy Ltd T/A Beryl

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council is seeking to appoint a suitable supplier and operator to provide services to either operate and upgrade the existing bike share scheme using the existing bike share infrastructure and software or to supply and operate with a new bike share technology. The current scheme comprises of 60 docking station locations.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Bicycles · Electronic bulletin boards · Fleet management, repair and maintenance services · Public road transport services · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Northern Ireland

Variant bids: not allowed

34430000 Bicycles 48000000 Software package and information systems 48813100 Electronic bulletin boards 50111000 Fleet management, repair and maintenance services 79340000 Advertising and marketing services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 60Price: 60Social value: 10

Published sub-criteria (4)

Quality: 60
Cost: 30
Cost: 30
Social Value: 10

Published award criteria (4)

Quality: 60%
Social Value: 10%
Cost: 30%
Cost: 30%

What this means for your bid

Price carries 60 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. Quality carries 60 of 130: the paper moves it further than the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 29 Aug 2024, 14:38 BST
Last source update: 24 Mar 2025, 16:05 GMT
Authority reference: ITT 38228
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-010975
Classification (CPV): Advertising and marketing servicesBicyclesElectronic bulletin boardsFleet management, repair and maintenance servicesPublic road transport servicesSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-049664 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Submission deadline: 25 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗

Timeline

25 Oct 2024 → 24 Mar 2025 · 2 dates

Submission deadline
25 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Notice published
24 Mar 2025, 16:05 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Sept 2024

Deadline moved to 18 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
12 Sept 2024, 15:41 BST
+18 days · was 30 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Deadline moved to 25 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
11 Oct 2024, 16:43 BST
+7 days · was 18 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Status changed to complete
24 Mar 2025, 16:05 GMT
Procurement method changed
24 Mar 2025, 16:05 GMT

Published amendments (3 · 2 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	DeadlineIV.2.2	30 Sept 2024	18 Oct 2024	+18 d
—	DeadlineIV.2.2	18 Oct 2024	25 Oct 2024	+7 d
—	DateIV	25 Oct 2024	28 Oct 2024	+3 d

3 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (5)

2024-09: 1 release · 12 Sept 2024
2024-08: 1 release · 29 Aug 2024

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £2,209,2501 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 4

Contracts signed 1latest 12 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Smidsy Ltd T/A Beryl	£2,209,250 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Design, Supply, Maintenance & Operation of Belfast Bikes Public Hire Scheme · Smidsy Ltd T/A Beryl
Signed
12 Mar 2025
Value
£2,209,250
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
4bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Belfast City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 9 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8DJContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)Review body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

SMIDSY Ltd (t/a Beryl)Awarded supplier07831245 London, London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.