Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 15 Sept 2026, 10:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

RBWM Bikeability Training Service

Authority: The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£374,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 1 Apr 2028 · up to 1 Apr 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bikeability Training Service – Market Engagement Summary

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM) is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the delivery of its Bikeability cycle training programme. The service supports the Council's road safety, active travel and sustainable transport objectives by providing high quality cycle training to children and young people across the Borough in accordance with national Bikeability standards.

The proposed contract will require a provider to manage, promote, coordinate and deliver Bikeability training to schools and residents throughout the Borough. The majority of training is expected to be delivered in schools during term time and will include Bikeability Level 1, Level 2, combined Level 1/2, Level 3, Learn to Ride and SEND/Inclusion training where funding permits.

The provider will be expected to:

  • Deliver all training in accordance with the requirements of the Bikeability Trust, Active Travel England and the Department for Transport (DfT).
  • Hold and maintain registration as an approved Bikeability Training Provider and employ appropriately qualified and registered instructors.
  • Manage school engagement, course bookings and administration through an accessible booking system.
  • Work proactively with schools to maximise take-up of funded Bikeability places and support delivery targets.
  • Provide appropriate safeguarding, health and safety, data protection and quality assurance arrangements, including enhanced DBS checks for instructors.
  • Deliver an inclusive service capable of meeting the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
  • Supply training equipment where required, including bikes, helmets and high-visibility garments.
  • Monitor performance, manage incidents and complaints, and work collaboratively with RBWM to ensure continuous service improvement.

Bikeability grant funding is subject to annual allocations from the DfT via the Bikeability Trust. Demand levels and funding allocations may vary during the contract period.

Please note: This summary is intended for preliminary market engagement purposes only. The final scope, contract duration, specification requirements and performance measures may be amended prior to the commencement of any formal procurement process.

CPV: Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 1 Apr 2028 (1 yr) · up to 1 Apr 2032 with extensions
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead buys Training services (CPV 8050), and who usually turns up

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’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: Training services (CPV 8050) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
The marketTraining services (CPV 8050) · South East England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 11 of 19 known-size awards · market: CPV 8050 · South East England, n=44
58%57%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 12 of 27 known-location awards · market: CPV 8050 · South East England, n=61
44%34%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 9 decided notices · market: CPV 8050 · South East England, n=9
75 days35 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 75 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 6 of 18 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8050 · South East England, n=66
33%45%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer14 lots with bid counts · all categories
14% had one bid
The market13 lots with bid counts · CPV 8050 · South East England
8% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid14% / 8%
Buyer: 2 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 13 lots with published bid counts.
2–329% / 23%
Buyer: 4 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 13 lots with published bid counts.
4–657% / 38%
Buyer: 8 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 13 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 31%
Buyer: 0 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 13 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer5 lots with estimate and award · all categories
0% below estimate
The market10 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8050 · South East England
60% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate0% / 60%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%80% / 20%
Buyer: 4 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate20% / 20%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
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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.

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Lot #1CPV 805012 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£374k
Expected competition
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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 13 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet8% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 13 similar lots
1 bid8%
1 of 13 similar past lots received 1 bid (8%).
2–323%
3 of 13 similar past lots received 2–3 (23%).
4–638%
5 of 13 similar past lots received 4–6 (38%).
7+31%
4 of 13 similar past lots received 7+ (31%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £374k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Sept 2026, 10:10 BST
Last source update
15 Sept 2026, 10:10 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-087149
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Training services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f9c4 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

15 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published42 days ago
    15 Sept 2026, 10:10 BST
  2. Market engagement34 days ago
    23 Sept 2026, 00:59 BST

    RBWM is considering a longer-term contract arrangement, currently anticipated to be up to five years, subject to procurement approval and future funding arrangements. Suppliers with experience of delivering large-scale Bikeability programmes, managing grant-funded services and achieving high levels of school participation are encouraged to express their interest.

    The proposed contract duration is 12 months initial term with a following 4 (four) x 12 month extensions

    The estimated value of this contract is £347,000

    This notice is intended to inform the market of RBWM's future requirements and to identify suppliers with the specialist expertise, experience and capacity necessary to deliver.

    To express interest to participate in this opportunity please send an email to the below address by 22nd September 2026.

    procurement@rbwm.gov.uk

    Please ensure to add the below into the subject title and clearly identify your organisation and appropriate contact in the email.

    RBWM Bikeability Training Service - Market Engagement

  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 156 days
    1 Apr 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    15 Sept 2026, 10:10 BST
    UK2

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

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJQM-1124-QDHW St Ives Road, Maidenhead, South East, SL6 1RFContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure