--- title: "Soft Market Testing Worcester Bike Share Scheme" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b40b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03b40b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b40b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b40b.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "WORCESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2023-03-17" --- # Soft Market Testing Worcester Bike Share Scheme Buyer: WORCESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b40b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03b40b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b40b.json) ## Summary The Worcester City Council is planning a procurement process for a Soft Market Testing Worcester Bike Share Scheme. This scheme aims to provide access to bicycles across the city, including urban, leisure, and residential areas. The project seeks to encourage cycling uptake, reduce financial barriers, and contribute to a sustainable environment. Economic operators are invited to participate in a Request For Information exercise to gather market intelligence. The future notice date for this tender is set for 12th May 2023. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses involved in the cycling industry, urban planning, and sustainable transport solutions. Companies with expertise in developing and operating bike share schemes, particularly those focusing on active modes of transport, are well-suited to engage in this tender. The procurement method involves a soft market testing exercise to shape the scheme design and ensure long-term sustainability, providing potential growth opportunities for businesses involved in this sector. ## Notice Following Worcester's successful award of grant funding from the Towns Fund, Worcester City Council is seeking to develop a bike share scheme to support access to bicycles across the City, including city centre, leisure, employment and education destinations and residential areas for residents and visitors within Worcester. To support this, the Council is issuing a Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request For Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence and information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed provision and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity. The PIN invites Economic Operators to express an interest in this RFI exercise only. The RFI is not an invitation to tender, pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process. No preferential or special status will be gained by Economic Operators who express an interest in this RFI, complete the RFI or express an interest in taking part in further soft market engagement. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Following Worcester's successful award of grant funding from the Towns Fund, Worcester City Council is seeking to develop a bike share scheme to support access to bicycles across the City, including city centre, leisure, employment and education destinations and residential areas for residents and visitors within Worcester. This bike share scheme (electric and pedal) will open up cycling to more residents and visitors. By providing a bike share scheme this project will encourage the take up of cycling. It will reduce financial barriers to access and enable users to try out solutions such as e bikes without the up-front financial commitment. Worcester is a cathedral city located on the picturesque River Severn with a high-quality historic town centre and a population over 100,000. The Council has an ambition to increase the number of people using active modes which may include people visiting for leisure and tourism as well as residents in more deprived areas of Worcester. These aims sit alongside a broader aim to create "'levelling up" opportunities for our communities and contributing positively towards a sustainable environment that will provide positive health and wellbeing outcomes for our residents. As the project delivery team for the bike share scheme develops their ideas, it is recognised that there is a mixed picture of success with similar schemes around the UK. This 'soft market testing' exercise is being undertaken to ensure that operators, recognised to be experts on the delivery and sustainability of bike share schemes, are able to contribute their expertise to help shape the design of the scheme. The project delivery team values your input into the detailed design of the scheme, what you think will work and what we could do to ensure long term sustainability. Additional information: The Council are using the e-procurement portal known as the Proactis Pro-Contract portal https://procontract.due-north.com to conduct this procurement exercise. To gain access to the procurement documents, contractors will need to register their company details at the above website (there is no charge for this). Once registered, contractors will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the procurement documents. Contractors will need to search for the invitation under Worcester City Council and then electronically submit an expression of interest and follow the online instructions to view the procurement documents. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007896-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Mar 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 11 May 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WORCESTER CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | WORCESTER | | Post town | Worcester | | Postcode | WR1 2EY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | | ITL 3 | TLG12 Worcestershire CC | | Local authority | Worcester | | Electoral ward | Cathedral | | Westminster constituency | Worcester | | Delivery location | TLG12 Worcestershire CC | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation ### Codes - 34422000 - Cycles with auxiliary motors ## Release History - 17 Mar 2023 at 16:13 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007896-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.worcester.gov.uk - https://procontract.due-north.com ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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