Official UK procurement notice
Contract for the Provision of E-Bike Rental Services
Authority: City & County of Swansea (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwansea Council is considering developing a new city-wide rental e-bike scheme, designed to provide a high-quality, accessible and a reliable rental micromobility service for residents, students, workers and visitors. The project aims to address gaps in the public transport network, support active travel adoption and contribute to the city’s wider decarbonisation priorities. This notice provides an opportunity for Preliminary Market Engagement. 2 documents are attached and upon review a questionnaire should be completed via MS Forms link: forms.office.com/e/zj9QECSmge ↗
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 5 Oct 2033, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: Competitive Flexible Procedure is still undergoing. Further details will be released with PA23 UK4 notice.
CPV: Bicycles · Travel management services · Travel services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
- Economic & financial standing
To be confirmed within future tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
To be confirmed within future tender documents
- Condition of participationshortlisting
To be confirmed within future tender documents
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Economic & financial standing
To be confirmed within future tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
To be confirmed within future tender documents
- Condition of participationshortlisting
To be confirmed within future tender documents
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How City & County of Swansea buys Travel agency and similar services (CPV 6351), and who usually turns up
City & County of Swansea’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Travel agency and similar services (CPV 6351) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 46 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid18% / 25%
2–338% / 25%
4–632% / 31%
7+12% / 19%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate47% / 13%
Within ±2%29% / 63%
Above estimate24% / 25%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 6351Published estimate£750k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 16 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid25%
2–325%
4–631%
7+19%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| CITIZENS ADVICE SWANSEA NEATH PORT TALBOT LIMITEDLive contract | Award for the Contract for the Provision of Independent Advice and Information Service in Swansearuns to Mar 2029 | — | £1.1m | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
42% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
42% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (42% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Award for the Contract for the Provision of Independent Advice and Information Service in Swansea — held by CITIZENS ADVICE SWANSEA NEATH PORT TALBOT LIMITED; the published contract ends 31 Mar 2029.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 5 Oct 2033
- First published
- 26 Feb 2026, 20:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Feb 2026, 11:46 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 3 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
CCS/25/338- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017624- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065da9Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
See tender documents in future UK4 notice
- How it runs
Competitive Flexible Procedure is still undergoing. Further details will be released with PA23 UK4 notice.
- Risks
See tender documents in future UK4 notice
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- cy, en
Once UK4 notice is published details of the portal will be published.
Timeline
26 Feb 2026 → 5 Oct 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published244 days ago26 Feb 2026, 20:48 GMT
- Tender notice expected237 days ago5 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline236 days ago6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Market engagement236 days ago6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Due to Sell2Wales functionality restrictions we are unable to upload the relevant documents to this notice. There are 2 documents that can be requested by emailing sam.wilkes@swansea.gov.uk
Following review of attachments which include PME material document & PME Project Information can you please complete the following MS Forms survey: forms.office.com/e/zj9QECSmge ↗
- Award decision expected by117 days ago3 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts24 days ago5 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 26 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Feb 2026, 20:48 GMTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published27 Feb 2026, 11:46 GMTUK3
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Preliminary Market Engagement Material PPN content
- Bidding documents and specifications Preliminary Market Engagement Material Project Information
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Via eTenderWales
Notices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender