Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 10 Dec 2025, 09:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

P660 Westminster City Council - Cycle Training and Services

Authority: Westminster City Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 30 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 22 May 2030 · up to 22 May 2032 with extensions · starts 23 May 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Westminster City Council (WCC) is looking to re-procure cycling training and services. Our current contract is due to expire in May 2027 and we wish to re-tender as a single contract for all services.

We are looking for comprehensive cycle training and services which meet, and aim to exceed, nationally recognised standards. Delivering high quality services to serve residents and visitors of the City, and to overcome any cycling barriers to all ages and abilities to encourage active travel.

To aid us in the design of future services the Council are issuing a market engagement questionnaire, so we are able to review and refine our final procurement solution. Further market engagement activities may follow in due course.

This exercise is not a call for competition and does not commit WCC to carry out any procurement exercises in relation to this project. Responding to the questionnaire does not confer any advantage or disadvantage to organisations and / or individuals in respect of any future procurement exercise that may take place. WCC will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred in responding to this questionnaire or any other related market engagement activity.

This market engagement opportunity is accessible via our City of Westminster Procurement and Contracts portal ("the Portal"), please visit wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗ and register your account, then search for P660 Westminster City Council - Cycle Training and Services / SQ_30164

Please complete the questionnaire and submit via the Portal by 5pm (UK Time) on 8th February 2026.

CPV: Education and training services · Specialist training services · Support services for road transport · Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 23 May 2027 – 22 May 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 22 May 2032 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Westminster City Council buys Training services (CPV 8050), and who usually turns up

Westminster City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Training services (CPV 8050) →

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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 buyerWestminster City Council · division 80
The marketTraining services (CPV 8050) · Greater London (authority’s region)
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: 4 of 4 known-size awards · market: CPV 8050 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=32
4 of 444%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

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.

Here, local means registered in Greater London (authority’s region).

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 of 6 known-location awards · market: CPV 8050 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=56
67%48%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 decided notices · market: CPV 8050 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=8
70 days62 days

Half of these awards were announced within 70 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 12 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8050 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=55
33%44%

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 buyer5 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 80
20% had one bid
The market11 lots with bid counts · CPV 8050 · Greater London (authority’s region)
9% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid20% / 9%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 11 lots with published bid counts.
2–340% / 73%
Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 11 lots with published bid counts.
4–620% / 9%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 11 lots with published bid counts.
7+20% / 9%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 11 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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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 buyer70 lots with estimate and award · all categories
41% below estimate
The market8 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8050 · Greater London (authority’s region)
63% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate41% / 63%
Buyer: 29 of 70 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%47% / 25%
Buyer: 33 of 70 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate11% / 13%
Buyer: 8 of 70 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 805036 monthsSME suitableNo real estimate
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 11 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet9% single-bid risk
Past bids on 11 similar lots
1 bid9%
1 of 11 similar past lots received 1 bid (9%).
2–373%
8 of 11 similar past lots received 2–3 (73%).
4–69%
1 of 11 similar past lots received 4–6 (9%).
7+9%
1 of 11 similar past lots received 7+ (9%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 2 bids.
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.

—No real estimate
The buyer published £0 as the estimate (a placeholder, not the contract’s value), so there is nothing to forecast against.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
10 Dec 2025, 09:56 GMT
Last source update
10 Dec 2025, 09:56 GMT
Authority reference
PRJ_30805
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-081327
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesSpecialist training servicesSupport services for road transportTraining services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f274 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Dec 2025 → 23 May 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published314 days ago
    10 Dec 2025, 09:56 GMT
  2. Market engagement253 days ago
    8 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT

    To aid us in the design of future services the Council are issuing a market engagement questionnaire, so we are able to review and refine our final procurement solution. Further market engagement activities may follow in due course.

    This exercise is not a call for competition and does not commit WCC to carry out any procurement exercises in relation to this project. Responding to the questionnaire does not confer any advantage or disadvantage to organisations and / or individuals in respect of any future procurement exercise that may take place. WCC will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred in responding to this questionnaire or any other related market engagement activity.

    This market engagement opportunity is accessible via our City of Westminster Procurement and Contracts portal ("the Portal"), please visit wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗ and register your account, then search for P660 Westminster City Council - Cycle Training and Services / SQ_30164

    Please complete the questionnaire and submit via the Portal by 5pm (UK Time) on 8th February 2026.

  3. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  4. Tender notice expectedin 11 days
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 215 days
    23 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Dec 2025, 09:56 GMT
    UK2

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

Westminster City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJVD-6261-BPPJ 64 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1E 6QPContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure