Official UK procurement notice
Sheffield City Council E-Bike Hire Scheme
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSheffield City Council is seeking to appoint a concessionaire to design, deliver and operate an e-bike hire scheme across the city, providing an additional mode of sustainable and active travel for residents and visitors. The proposed scheme will provide e-bikes suitable for Sheffield's hilly topography. E-bikes will be hired from designated parking locations, including marked bays and/or physical infrastructure such as racks or docks, to support the effective management of cycle parking and the safety of pedestrians and other road users. The concessionaire will be responsible for the operation, maintenance and management of the scheme, including customer services, technology platforms and associated infrastructure. The procurement is being conducted using a Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023
- How the procedure runs: The procurement will consist of an Initial Tender stage, supplier demonstrations, a negotiation stage and a Final Tender stage. The Contract will be awarded to the Supplier submitting the Most Advantageous Tender in accordance with the published award criteria and evaluation methodology.
CPV: Bicycles · Cycles with auxiliary motors · Support services for road transport · Transport agency services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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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).
- Technical Award Criteria: Assessment of the Supplier's technical proposal, including scheme design and coverage, parking infrastructure, vehicles, mobilisation, operations, user application, accessibility and inclusion, in accordance with the procurement documents.
- Employment and Skills: Assessment of the Supplier's Employment and Skills proposals in accordance with the procurement documents.
- Commercial: Assessment of the Commercial Submission, including tariffs, Authority Funding Requirement and infrastructure proposals, in accordance with the procurement documents.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Sheffield City Council buys Bicycles (CPV 3443), and who usually turns up
Sheffield City Council’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: Bicycles (CPV 3443) →
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Half of these awards have an award date within 33 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid28% / 33%
2–335% / 17%
4–612% / 50%
7+25% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Below estimate38% / 60%
Within ±2%56% / 20%
Above estimate7% / 20%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 3442Published estimate£9.0m
This lot is listed as CPV 3442. The table above uses the notice category.
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1 bid41%
2–318%
4–636%
7+5%
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Where the award price may land.
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Middle 50%£9.0m–£9.0m
Estimate£9.0m
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £46m7 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £104m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 28% above n=2 | |
| £42m9 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £20m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
Alexander-Dennis LtdLarge | £68m7 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 5 live · £68m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 13% above n=4 |
| £1.2m14 awards in 36m · last this month | 3 live · £679k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=6 | |
| £7.7m11 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | 1 live · £1.6m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 |
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.
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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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 14 Oct 2025, 14:44 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
SCC-EBIKE-2026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-084951- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cc67Find a Tender
- How it runs
The procurement will consist of an Initial Tender stage, supplier demonstrations, a negotiation stage and a Final Tender stage. The Contract will be awarded to the Supplier submitting the Most Advantageous Tender in accordance with the published award criteria and evaluation methodology.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 20 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
14 Oct 2025 → 1 Feb 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published374 days ago14 Oct 2025, 14:44 BST
- Market engagement361 days ago27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Next notice expected110 days ago5 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published45 days ago8 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
- Clarification questions by31 days ago22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 28 days20 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 87 days18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 100 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Oct 2025, 14:44 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published10 Jun 2026, 12:17 BSTUK1
- Status changed to planned10 Jun 2026, 12:17 BST
- Tender notice published8 Sept 2026, 14:32 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £9,000,0008 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
- Status changed to active8 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
- Procurement method changed8 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
- Deadline published: 20 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT8 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender