PAN2117 - Operator for Bike Share Scheme
Leicester City CouncilEstimated Value
Up to £600,000
Deadline
2 September 2019
Published
8 July 2019
Type
services
Overview
Leicester City Council invites Tenders for an Operator of a public self-service Cycle Hire Scheme to be used by residents, students, workers and visitors in Leicester. The exact scale of the scheme will be determined by the tender process but we anticipate a scheme with 500+ cycles over 50+ docking stations across Leicester (which may be dependent on the type and spec of bikes).
It is anticipated that the contract will run for an initial period of 5 years from the Contract Commencement Date with the option to extend (with extension anticipated to be in the form of two further two-year periods but subject to future available funding) to a maximum of 10 years total, subject to satisfactory performance by the Operator. In order to access the full documentation, please click on 'Apply online' (right hand side) and you will be transferred to DueNorth e-tendering portal.
Please note the Technical Support Team will not be able to answer any Tender or contract opportunity specific enquiries. The deadline for submitting tender responses to this opportunity is 12:00hours (noon) on Monday 2 September 2019.
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Only submissions via e-tendering portal will be accepted. Organisations are advised that any updates in relation to this opportunity will be published via the e-tendering portal. Any advertised opportunity might be updated or removed at short notice due to unforeseen circumstances.
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
PELICAN ENGINEERING COMPANY (SALES) LIMITED
1 contract wonlatest 9 Jun 2026ends 12 Jul 2027£4m
total awarded
- 2
CUMBERLAND PLATFORMS LIMITED
1 contract wonlatest 11 May 2026ends 21 Jun 2027£286,119
total awarded
- 3
THE LODGE TYRE COMPANY LIMITED
1 contract wonlatest 12 Jan 2026ends 1 Feb 2030£634,304
total awarded
PELICAN ENGINEERING COMPANY (SALES) LIMITED is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Leicester City CouncilKey Dates
Published
8 July 2019
Submission deadline
2 September 2019
Notice type
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Source
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