Mobile Cycle Hub Delivery Partner

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  "id": "082136-2025",
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  "date": "2025-12-11T15:38:33Z",
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    "id": "GB-PPON-PGYC-3376-BGQP",
    "name": "Rotherham Borough Council"
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            "description": "Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services"
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    "title": "Mobile Cycle Hub Delivery Partner",
    "value": {
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    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
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    "description": "The purpose of the Mobile Cycle Hub Van, also known as the Journey Matters Project, is to promote sustainable travel, improve access to cycling, and enhance health and wellbeing across Rotherham. By offering free cycle maintenance, adult training, and a flexible cycle loan scheme, the project aims to remove barriers to cycling and encourage more residents and workers to adopt active travel. This initiative, owned and operated by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC), has been successfully running for nearly a decade and continues to deliver high-impact services through a mobile, community-focused approach.\nThe scope of the project includes:\n•\t    Asset Management: Operation of a fully branded mobile hub van and a fleet of approximately 180 bikes (including electric bikes), all owned by RMBC.\nService Delivery:\n•\tDr Bike Sessions: On-site cycle maintenance and repairs.\n•\tAdult Cycle Training: Delivered in compliance with Bikeability standards.\n•\tCycle Loan Scheme: Free short-term bike hire (up to one month), including delivery and collection from residents' homes.\nOperational Staffing:\n•\tProvision of 3 skilled staff members, including qualified cycle mechanics and trainers.\n•\tAdditional hourly-paid support for high-demand Dr Bike sessions (up to 200 hours/year).\n•\tA Bikeability qualified trainer available for up to 250 hours/year.\nLogistics & Equipment:\n•\tUse of a large, long wheelbase van with appropriate branding.\n•\tIT and communications equipment to manage bookings, logistics, and reporting.\n•\tDelivery and collection of bikes and accessories from a central store at Riverside House.\nInnovation & Efficiency:\n•\tExploration of cost-saving and efficiency improvements, particularly around home delivery logistics.",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2026-01-26T23:59:59Z"
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "services"
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    {
      "id": "GB-PPON-PGYC-3376-BGQP",
      "name": "Rotherham Borough Council",
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      "address": {
        "region": "UKE31",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Rotherham",
        "postalCode": "S60 1AE",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Riverside House, Main Street"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/",
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        "id": "PGYC-3376-BGQP",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
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      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "procurement.corporate@rotherham.gov.uk"
      }
    }
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  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "082136-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082136-2025",
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        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2025-12-11T15:38:33Z"
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    "milestones": [
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        "id": "engagement",
        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2026-01-05T23:59:59Z",
        "description": "This notice is issued to provide information a market engagement opportunity only. \nAll of Rotherham Council's procurement opportunities are published on YORtender. To bid for this opportunity when it becomes live your organisation will need to be registered to the portal. You can register your organisation here: https://yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER  \nAll suppliers who wish to bid for Rotherham Council procurement opportunities must be registered on the Central Digital Platform, with all supplier information submitted and kept up to date.\nRotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) are keen to understand the market options and availability for an upcoming procurement for a Mobile Cycle Hub Delivery Partner.\nThis market engagement therefore seeks to gather any knowledge and data that potential suppliers can provide in terms of a Mobile Cycle Hub Delivery Partner.\nAll costs associated with providing a response to the market engagement must be borne by the Supplier. RMBC will not contribute in any way to meeting the production costs of any response.\nNo down-selection of potential providers will take place as a consequence of any responses to this market engagement.\nEngagement in this  Market Engagement (ME) exercise is via a questionnaire published on the tendering portal YORtender at the following link: https://yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER\nAll correspondence in relation to this ME will be carried out via the YORtender portal.  Potential providers may raise questions or seek clarification regarding any aspect of this document at any time prior to the response deadline.  Questions must be submitted using the 'Messaging' function on YORtender in sufficient time to allow the Council to formulate and distribute a response at least 2 calendar days before the due date for the return of this ME.\nSubmissions to be returned via the YORtender portal by 17:00 on 5th January 2026."
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