Bikeability Cycle Training · Norfolk County Council (May 2025)

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)

Framework agreement10 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitableMax 2 lots per supplier

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: East of England (UKH15)

Framework ceiling (notional)£2,466,000total for 10 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update

Submissions closed 19 Oct 2026

Lots 10max 2 won per supplier

Framework period 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 1 Apr 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought10 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Norfolk County Council are seeking to appoint a number of providers who are suitably qualified, experienced and registered Bikeability providers to deliver cycle training that offers quality, value, and performance to children and families in Norfolk using a structured learning package.

The primary objective of the service is to maximise participation in Bikeability Level 1 and 2 Combined training and achieve successful rider outcomes by the end of primary school (Year 6). The programme should develop pupils' road safety knowledge, improve safe decision-making, encourage responsible road user behaviour and support lifelong active travel.

It should be noted that although values have been included in this notice, there is no guarantee as to the level of spend under this framework. The values are for the full 6 year term of the framework assuming all extensions are granted.

In respect of Local Government Reorganisation ("LGR"), on 7 September 2026 the government withdrew an earlier decision that it was minded to establish three unitary councils for Norfolk and announced a 'rapid review' of its LGR programme in respect of Norfolk and some other areas.

On 4 December 2025, the then Secretary of State for Local Government made a written statement [UIN HCWS1128] stating that the government intended to establish a Mayoral Strategic Authority for Norfolk and Suffolk as soon as possible, and that it was minded to hold inaugural mayoral elections in May 2028.

On 7 September 2026, the current Secretary of State said: "The Prime Minister is really clear that the Government's ambition is to ensure that every area in England has, or is in the process of establishing, a strategic authority by the end of 2027, with strategic authorities in place everywhere by the end of 2028".

Should LGR and/or devolution processes lead to unitary local government in Norfolk and/or to the establishment of a strategic authority covering Norfolk (i) the Framework may be transferred, assigned or novated to any successor authority(ies) to the county council, or to any joint body incorporating or formed by any such successor and/or to any strategic authority; and/or (ii) the council or a successor authority or joint body may order services on behalf of other local authorities serving any area within Norfolk's current geographical boundaries.

The Framework may be used by any contracting authority that succeeds wholly or in part to the functions of Norfolk County Council.

CPV: Training services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Type: Closed framework
Call-offs: call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Framework period: 3 yrs · up to 6 yrs from 1 Apr 2027

Published description of the framework

The Framework is being let under Regulation 9 of the Procurement Act 2023 (Light Touch Contracts), under which the Council has flexibility as to the process or procedure to be used when purchasing certain services of which training is one.

In this instance, the Council is establishing a framework with multiple providers that will set out the terms and conditions for making specific purchases (call-offs). The framework differs from those not let under Regulation 9 in that the Council, exercising its flexibility, reserves the right to "re-open" the framework for further applications during the life of the framework. The Council also reserves the right to not "re-open" the framework for new applications.

Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure

10 lots · all with a published value · win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 9 lots carries the same published figure, £258,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1West NorwichRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 1 Apr 2033 with extensions