Official UK procurement notice
Glasgow Bike Hire Scheme 2025
Authority: Glasgow City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupplies & services contract . The current cycle hire 7-year contract has an option to extend for a period of 12 months from September 2024 – September 2025 and this option will likely be exercised. It is envisaged that the new contract will be awarded in February 2025 to allow for a 6-month mobilisation period and operational start date of September 2025.
The current Service contract has reached its legal capacity to expand further than the current scheme of 43 MACH Stations and 435 bikes.
We are therefore looking to assess alternative options for expanding the Glasgow Cycle Hire Scheme and these options require to be tested with the current market providers.
The Council is looking to engage with Cycle Hire Operators on various business models (see below) in order to ascertain, which one would be Most Economically Advantageous to the Council, whilst offering a Service Provider the opportunity to recoup any investment and secure a profit.
CPV: Bicycle locks · Bicycles · Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services · Installation of street furniture · Processing and clearing services · Public road transport services · Repair and maintenance services · Software package and information systems · Support services for road transport
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Glasgow City Council is conducting a market consultation exercise to gather…Planned
Glasgow City Council is conducting a market consultation exercise to gather information that will assist in the development of a procurement strategy and tender that will deliver a contract for a Mass Automated Cycle Hire Scheme. This exercise will also assist in gaining feedback from organisations in the market regarding current and future ideas, solutions and service options to help shape the future cycle hire scheme.
As part of the preparatory work in advance of the procurement, Glasgow City Council (GCC) would like to invite your organisation to participate in this market consultation exercise. The market engagement does not form part of the formal procurement process and will not impact on the evaluation of any future tender opportunity. The purpose of the questionnaire is to gather information that will assist in the development of a procurement strategy and tender that will deliver a contract for a cycle hire scheme as described in the Prior Information
This process focuses on the market as a whole, rather than on the merits of individual suppliers.
Please be assured that any commercially-sensitive information provided to GCC as part of this process will be treated in confidence, used only for the purposes of this market consultation exercise, and will not be disclosed to any other organisation. Additional information: Please refer to questionnaire in attachments area of PIN. Please ensure to complete this and the community benefits market engagement document and return as per specified deadline
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Jul 2024, 12:29 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jul 2024, 12:29 BST
- Authority reference
GCC006234CPU- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020907- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047be4Find a Tender
Publisher note: Please refer to attached documents PIN Questionnaire Community benefits market engagement excel file Deadline for return of PIN questionnaire and community benefits menu is 5pm on 23/07/24. questionnaire details deadline date and email address this has to be returned. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=771927. (SC Ref:771927)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
9 Jul 2024 → 9 Aug 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published9 Jul 2024, 12:29 BST
- Tender notice expected9 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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