Official UK procurement notice
Bike Share Scheme VEAT Notice
Authority: Watford Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWatford Borough Council (the Council) intends to enter into a deed of variation to vary and extend the contract with Smidsy Ltd T/A Beryl (the Contractor) dated 22 October 2019 (the Underlying Contract) for the provision of a bike share scheme in Watford. The Underlying Contract was originally procured under Procurement reference BIP435546557 and published on 11 October 2019. The maximum total of this contract extension sum is £254,275 (£50,855 p.a. x 5 years) and would commence on 1 April 2026 when the current contracts ends (on 31 March 2026) for a period of 5 years with a rolling break clause from year 3 on 12 month’s notice.
CPV: Provision of services to the community
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075610- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e554Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Underlying Contract falls under the 2015 Public Contract Regulations, therefore any decision on extension needs to take account of those set out in Regulation 72 of the PCR’s. The proposed extension would fall within the provisions of Regulation 72 (c) where all of the following conditions are fulfilled: — (i)the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen. (ii)the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract. (iii)any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract or framework agreement.
Publisher note: This VEAT notice is not a tender opportunity but a notice to inform the market that the Contracting Authority is looking to extending a contract using 72 Regulations for continuation of services. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=995769087 GO Reference: GO-20251120-PRO-33337181
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smidsy Ltd T/A Beryl | £245,275 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Bike Share Scheme VEAT Notice · Smidsy Ltd T/A Beryl
- Signed
- 14 Nov 2025
- Value
- £245,275
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Smidsy Ltd T/A BerylAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.