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Published 27 Mar 2026, 16:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Integrated Micromobility Services 2027

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: West of England Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdConcession
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: South West (UKK)
Concession value (operator's revenue)Value not publishedoperator revenue, not the authority's budget
Tender notice expected 28 Aug 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrs 9 moends 31 Jul 2031 · starts 30 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA governs the geographical areas of Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, and South Gloucestershire. The MCA works in collaboration with the Unitary Authorities (UAs) —Bath & North East Somerset Council (BANES), Bristol City Council (BCC), and South Gloucestershire Council (SGC. The MCA is the local transport authority and the UAs are the highway authorities for their respective areas.

The MCA is seeking to procure a concession contract for the delivery of the Integrated Micromobility Service (e-scooter & e-bike rental) within the West of England region.

CPV: Non-scheduled passenger transport

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrs 9 mo
Contract period: 30 Oct 2026 – 31 Jul 2031 (4 yrs 9 mo)
Delivery: South West
60140000 Non-scheduled passenger transport

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How West of England Combined Authority buys Non-scheduled passenger transport (CPV 6014), and who usually turns up

West of England Combined Authority’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Non-scheduled passenger transport (CPV 6014) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerWest of England Combined Authority · division 60
The marketNon-scheduled passenger transport (CPV 6014)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 4 known-size awards · market: division 60 · South West England, n=58
0 of 429%

No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 of 4 known-location awards · market: division 60 · South West England, n=69
3 of 433%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 60 · South West England, n=17
—51 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 51 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 4 of 5 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 6014 · UK-wide, n=5
80%40%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 4 lots with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market27 lots with bid counts · division 60 · South West England
44% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid44%
Market: 12 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
2–333%
Market: 9 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
4–615%
Market: 4 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
7+7%
Market: 2 of 27 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer5 lots with estimate and award · all categories
20% below estimate
The market16 lots with estimate and award · division 60 · South West England
38% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate20% / 38%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 16 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%60% / 31%
Buyer: 3 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 16 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate20% / 31%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 16 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 601457 monthsEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 27 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet44% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 27 similar lots
1 bid44%
12 of 27 similar past lots received 1 bid (44%).
2–333%
9 of 27 similar past lots received 2–3 (33%).
4–615%
4 of 27 similar past lots received 4–6 (15%).
7+7%
2 of 27 similar past lots received 7+ (7%).
Check who supplied similar work and whether the route limits bidders.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Tier Operations LimitedEarlier contractIntegrated Micromobility Service (IMS)notice published Aug 2023—£53mMatched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

What this replaces
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

74% title match.

A past supplier may not bid again.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (74% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Integrated Micromobility Service (IMS) — held by Tier Operations Limited; no contract end date published.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Concession
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 Mar 2026, 16:05 GMT
Last source update
22 May 2026, 14:08 BST
Authority reference
UPN-00008
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047941
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Non-scheduled passenger transport
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0676f8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

27 Mar 2026 → 30 Oct 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published211 days ago
    27 Mar 2026, 16:05 GMT
  2. Market engagement190 days ago
    17 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

    To support this procurement the MCA is conducting a Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire via it's Procurement Portal. If you have not already done so and would like to participate in this activity please register on Atamis using the link provided below.

    Then register interest against the requirement Integrated Micromobility Services 2027. Once registered the Questionnaire will be issued via a message within Atamis.

    Website for login: weca-atamis.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗

    Help desk website link for Atamis: suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en-gb ↗

    If the issue persists please e-mail: [email protected]

  3. Latest notice published155 days ago
    22 May 2026, 14:08 BST
  4. Tender notice expected57 days ago
    28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    24 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 5 days
    30 Oct 2026

Notice history

6 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Mar 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    27 Mar 2026, 16:05 GMT
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    27 Mar 2026, 16:08 GMT
    UK1
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    27 Mar 2026, 17:10 GMT
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Mar 2026, 15:46 BST
    UK2
  5. Pipeline notice published
    22 May 2026, 14:07 BST
    UK1
  6. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 May 2026, 14:08 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (4)

correction.

clarity on accessing system

Updating estimated publication date

Extension to the engagement deadline.

Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2026-03: 3 releases · 27 Mar 2026, 27 Mar 2026

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

The West of England Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGWR-9284-XMRY 70 Redcliff Street, Bristol, South West, BS1 6ALContact email

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure