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title: "West Midlands Bike Share Scheme"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-028e51"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY"
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# West Midlands Bike Share Scheme

Buyer: WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-028e51

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## Summary

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is overseeing the West Midlands Bike Share Scheme, which was established to provide a high-quality bike share service across seven urban areas in the West Midlands, including Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton. This procurement process, initiated via a competitive dialogue method, is currently in the Award stage. The contract, valued at approximately £12.2 million, was signed on 23rd November 2020, and aims to commence operations in March 2021, with a potential initial term of five years, extendable for an additional three years based on supplier performance.

Businesses specialising in transport services, particularly those with expertise in bike and e-bike provisioning, docking infrastructure, and operational logistics, are well-positioned to seize opportunities arising from this tender. The contract allows for flexibility in expanding the services, which may include additional bikes and integration of emerging mobility solutions like e-scooters. Companies that can deliver innovative transport solutions and meet the contract's service criteria may find significant opportunities for growth and collaboration within this expanding urban mobility initiative.

## Notice

WMCA has procured a single supplier to provide a high quality bike share scheme, with docking infrastructure and hybrid solutions, across the urban areas within each of the seven constituent authorities (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton) for an initial term of five years with potential for extension by up to 3 years in three separate 12-month extensions at the Authority's discretion (dependent on the supplier's achievement of key milestones). WMCA procured a supplier through the competitive dialogue process pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Over the term of the contract, the supplier will engage with new opportunities and innovations in terms of bike share and future mobility. This could include additional bikes and docking infrastructure, and provision/incorporation of other vehicles such as electric scooters or derivatives into the West Midlands Bike Share Scheme.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

WMCA's vision is to create a safe, affordable and easy to use bike share scheme across the West Midlands and sought a single supplier to provide a high-quality bike share scheme, comprising physical and geo-fenced docking infrastructure, bikes (both mechanical and e-bikes) and operational services across the urban areas of the seven constituent WMCA authorities. WMCA conducted a competitive dialogue procedure pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to ensure that the best solution was secured with scheme commencement to begin in March 2021 for an initial term of 5 years with potential for the scheme to be extended by up to 3 years in three separate 12-month extensions at the Authority's discretion and dependent on the supplier's achievement of key milestones. Key details of the scheme are as follows: 1. The scheme will provide a minimum of 1,500 bikes (mixture of mechanical and e-bikes with a minimum of 10% e-bikes) in the seven constituent authorities (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton) within the first two years of the contract term with scope for expansion of this number of bikes and scope of the scheme depending on demand; 2. In addition to the bikes, the supplier will provide infrastructure and also operational services related to the scheme for WMCA; 3. A services agreement between WMCA and its official bike share supplier; 4. WMCA's preference is that the bikes will predominantly be physically 'docked', whether through Sheffield stands, traditional physical docking infrastructure or integration with existing street furniture, in certain locations in constituent areas but is also open to options such as geo-fenced docking stations (or similar), subject to the agreement of the local highway authority but WMCA's preference is for physical docking infrastructure due to WMCA's planning and streetscape requirements; and 5. The scheme will integrate with the existing public transport payment system to offer a seamless, high quality transport service for people moving between different modes of public transport in the West Midlands though this integration may be phased or initially alongside other payment methods.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001787-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive dialogue |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Jan 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Nov 2020 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £12,165,042 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B19 3SD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Newtown |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SERCO |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 34431000 - Non-motorised bicycles
- 39151100 - Racking
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 72222300 - Information technology services

## Release History

- 28 Jan 2021 at 22:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001787-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.serco.com
- http://www.wmca.org.uk
- https://courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/royal-courts-of-justice
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:459907-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

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