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Official UK procurement notice
PL0092 E-Scooter Rental Schemes
Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEssex County Council ('the Authority') are procuring a concessions contract for a single Service Provider to deliver E-scooter rental schemes, including but not limited to the provision, management, protection and maintenance of E-scooter vehicles, within set Operating Zones in the county: Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester and Harlow.
The initial term for the Contract is from 14th August 2025 to 31st May 2026, and there are provisions within the Contract to extend Services for three periods of twelve months thereafter, permitting extension to align with government regulations should the E-scooters trials be extended.
The Service Provider shall ensure the outcome of this contract is an additional sustainable transport option to support the Authority's net zero targets, promoting behaviour change away from motor transport, and to improve connectivity across the region.
- No preliminary market engagement: Essex County Council previously carried out a Request for Information exercise, for which a Prior Information Notice was issued under PCR: PL0092 E-Scooters Hire Scheme Request for Information 2024/S 000-033295. The purpose of this RFI was to understand the most sustainable structure through which the Authority could receive some income from the contract, and to understand which organisations might be interested in delivering these E-scooter schemes within Essex.
CPV: Motor scooters · Non-scheduled passenger transport · Public road transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£10,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
- Financial Capacity
ECC has a bespoke 'Financial Assessment Form' spreadsheet, which uses the organisation's financial ratios to categorise financial risk levels. For Bidder's whose completed 'Financial Assessment Form' returns a 'high' or 'very high' risk level, the Authority requires a Parent Company Guarantee, bank bond, performance bond, or equivalent, upon the Authority's request and to the Authority's satisfaction, in order to meet the financial capacity conditions.
- Required Insurance
The Bidder will be required to have in place prior to the Service Commencement Date (14th August) the following levels of insurance: Employer's Liability Insurance £5 million; Public Liability Insurance £10 million; Professional Indemnity Insurance £500,000.
- Modern Slavery
Relevant commercial organisations subject to the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 will need to confirm they are fully compliant with this legislation by Service Commencement Date.
- Equality and Diversity
Bidders that have been had an investigation of unlawful discrimination upheld by an Employment Tribunal, an Employment Appeal Tribunal, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, or any other court or equivalent body, will need to provide evidence that they have implemented adequate remedial actions to prevent similar unlawful discrimination recurring, to the Authority's satisfaction.
- Environmental Management
Bidders that have been convicted of breaching environmental legislation, or had any notice served upon it, in the last three years by an environmental regulator or authority, will need to provide evidence that they have implemented adequate remedial actions to prevent similar breaches recurring, to the Authority's satisfaction.
- Health and Safety
Bidders are required to have a Health and Safety Policy that complies with current legislative requirements.
- Technical & professional ability
- Relevant experience
Bidders shall provide details of previous experience where they have delivered similar micromobility projects in the last three years. These examples and their description must clearly demonstrate to the Authority's satisfaction that your organisation has sufficient technical and professional ability to be capable of delivering similar services to the requirements set out in the Specification.
Where the Bidder does not have any examples of previous contract, they must explain how their organisation has the technical and professional ability required to deliver similar services to the requirement set out in the Specification, describing the systems, staffing and infrastructure your organisation has in place, to the Authority's satisfaction.
- Resourcing and systems
The Bidder must provide a Resourcing and Systems Plan, to provide the Authority with confidence that they have the appropriate resources available to deliver similar services.
- Subcontracting
Where the Bidder intends to subcontract a proportion of the contract, the Bidder must provide a description of what measures they have in place to maintain a healthy supply chain with their subcontractors, to the Authority's satisfaction.
- E-Scooters Unit
The E-scooters vehicle that the Bidder would deploy under this Contract must be a model approved by the DfT for use in the UK E-Scooter Trials - further details can be found in the Specification.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Technical: 60%
- Climate: 5%
- Commercial: 30%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (4)
- Technical: T2. Additional Parking Sites Plan (7.5%) T3. Mobilisation Plan (7.5%) T4. Operational Plan (15%) T5. Maintenance and Disposal Plan (7.5%) T6. Safety and Considerate Road Usage Plan (15%) T7. Essex Communications and Customer Service Plan (7.5%)
- Commercial: The Bidder is required to submit a Flat Fee Per Vehicle (FPPV), that they will pay to the Authority for every E-scooter vehicle deployed under this Contract in any given month, based on the number of E-scooters submitted in their reporting.
- Climate: Environmental Sustainability Plan (5%)
- Social Value: Social Value Calculator in conjunction with Social Value Supporting Statement
- Economic & financial standing
- Financial Capacity
ECC has a bespoke 'Financial Assessment Form' spreadsheet, which uses the organisation's financial ratios to categorise financial risk levels. For Bidder's whose completed 'Financial Assessment Form' returns a 'high' or 'very high' risk level, the Authority requires a Parent Company Guarantee, bank bond, performance bond, or equivalent, upon the Authority's request and to the Authority's satisfaction, in order to meet the financial capacity conditions.
- Required Insurance
The Bidder will be required to have in place prior to the Service Commencement Date (14th August) the following levels of insurance: Employer's Liability Insurance £5 million; Public Liability Insurance £10 million; Professional Indemnity Insurance £500,000.
- Modern Slavery
Relevant commercial organisations subject to the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 will need to confirm they are fully compliant with this legislation by Service Commencement Date.
- Equality and Diversity
Bidders that have been had an investigation of unlawful discrimination upheld by an Employment Tribunal, an Employment Appeal Tribunal, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, or any other court or equivalent body, will need to provide evidence that they have implemented adequate remedial actions to prevent similar unlawful discrimination recurring, to the Authority's satisfaction.
- Environmental Management
Bidders that have been convicted of breaching environmental legislation, or had any notic…
- Technical & professional ability
- Relevant experience
Bidders shall provide details of previous experience where they have delivered similar micromobility projects in the last three years. These examples and their description must clearly demonstrate to the Authority's satisfaction that your organisation has sufficient technical and professional ability to be capable of delivering similar services to the requirements set out in the Specification.
Where the Bidder does not have any examples of previous contract, they must explain how their organisation has the technical and professional ability required to deliver similar services to the requirement set out in the Specification, describing the systems, staffing and infrastructure your organisation has in place, to the Authority's satisfaction.
- Resourcing and systems
The Bidder must provide a Resourcing and Systems Plan, to provide the Authority with confidence that they have the appropriate resources available to deliver similar services.
- Subcontracting
Where the Bidder intends to subcontract a proportion of the contract, the Bidder must provide a description of what measures they have in place to maintain a healthy supply chain with their subcontractors, to the Authority's satisfaction.
- E-Scooters Unit
The E-scooters vehicle that the Bidder would deploy under this Contract must be a model approved by the DfT for use in the UK E-Scooter Trials - further details can be found in the Specification.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2025, 21:03 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Nov 2025, 13:32 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
PL0092- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-025414- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051f94Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Bidders should refer to Schedule 5 (Payment Mechanism) for the relevant information on payments under this contract.
- Risks
- Local Government Reform - the Authority recognises that should this contract be extended into 2027, 2028, or 2029, there is a known risk that the local authorities within Essex may differ from their current constitution. In this scenario, this Agreement shall automatically transfer in whole or part to a Successor Body.
- Changes to Locations - the Authority recognises that at a later date there may be changes to the Locations we require the E-scooter hire schemes to be deployed in. ECC may change the Locations at any time during the Term on 30 days prior written notice to the Service Provider. A change to the Location is: A. adding new geographical areas to the Location or B. removing existing geographical areas from the Location.
Where a geographical area is removed from the Location, the Service Provider shall cease payment of Concession Fees for such geographical area. Where a geographical area is added to the Location, the Service Provider shall commence payment of additional Concession Fees on the Location Change Date at the same rate as agreed for other Locations.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please refer to the 'PL0092 E-Scooter Hire Schemes 2025' project on procontract.due-north.com ↗ for the tender documents in full, for any clarification questions, and to submit responses.
Timeline
22 May 2025 → 21 Nov 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published22 May 2025, 21:03 BST
- Clarification questions by20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline27 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by9 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent23 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts14 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published335 days ago21 Nov 2025, 13:32 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Tender notice published22 May 2025, 21:03 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published23 Jul 2025, 16:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
- Contract signature expected5 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Sept 2025, 18:30 BSTUK7
- Contract change notice published21 Nov 2025, 13:32 GMTUK10
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 22 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOI TECHNOLOGY UK LTD14 Aug 2025 – 31 May 2026 · up to 31 May 2029Extensions: There are provisions within the Contract to extend Services for three periods of twelve months, permitting extension to align with government regulations should the UK E-scooters trials be extended. The decision to extend the Contract is at the sole discretion of the Authority. | £10,000,000 | 23 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
PL0092 E-Scooter Rental Schemes · VOI TECHNOLOGY UK LTD
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2025
- Value
- £10,000,000
- Period
- 14 Aug 2025 – 31 May 2026 · up to 31 May 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There are provisions within the Contract to extend Services for three periods of twelve months, permitting extension to align with government regulations should the UK E-scooters trials be extended. The decision to extend the Contract is at the sole discretion of the Authority.
- Change 14 Aug 2025 !! No modification/change has been made to the Contract resulting from this notice This contract change notice is being issued solely for the purpose of publishing the initial Contract as it was drafted at the time it was signed, to meet our Procurement Act 2023 requirements for Contracts above £5m. This notice is being issued as an additional supplement to the contract details notice, to attach the Contract document.
3 agreed KPIs: KPI publishing not required for concessions contracts 1 · KPI publishing not required for concessions contracts 2 · KPI publishing not required for concessions contracts 3
- KPI publishing not required for concessions contracts 1
- KPI publishing not required for concessions contracts 2
- KPI publishing not required for concessions contracts 3
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonVOI TECHNOLOGY UK LTD · Greater London
- did not winTIER OPERATIONS LIMITEDSME · Greater London
- did not winLIME TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDSME · North West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- LIME TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- TIER OPERATIONS LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- VOI TECHNOLOGY UK LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender