Awarded contract

PAN2117 - Operator for Bike Share Scheme

Details

Buyer: Leicester City Council
Supplier(s): Ride On Scotland Ltd
Value: £12,000,000
Duration: 11 years
Topic: Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
Published: 21 August 2020
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

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 options to extend to a maximum of 10 years total.

Timeline

Completed: Award date10 December 2019
Completed: Award published21 August 2020
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 August 2030in 4 years

About the buyer

Leicester City Council buys as a local authority, advertising most opportunities through East Midlands Tenders, its regional supplier portal. Larger contracts appear on Find a Tender instead, where any supplier awarded a contract must also register from April 2026. Some contracts run through outside frameworks, including ESPO and the Government Commercial Agency. Suppliers apply to those bodies directly to become approved framework suppliers. A two-year procurement plan for 2026 to 2028 is published on the council's open data site. Supplier selection also weighs social value, such as local job creation and environmental impact, alongside price.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Leicester City Council's contract awards have been in transport services, construction work and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

34000000 · Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicester-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicester-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicester-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicester-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicester-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@leicester-city-council.gov