Awarded contract

West Midlands Bike Share Scheme

  • West Midlands Combined Authority

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-001787

Published 28 January 2021, 10:56pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

West Midlands Combined Authority

16 Summer Lane

Birmingham

B19 3SD

Contact

Rachael Morgan

Email

procurement.team@wmca.org.uk

Telephone

+44 3453036760

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - UNITED KINGDOM

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.wmca.org.uk

Buyer's address

https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

West Midlands Bike Share Scheme

Reference number

02153-2019

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

WMCA has procured a single supplier to provide a high quality bike share scheme, with docking infrastructure and hybrid solutions, across the urban areas within each of the seven constituent authorities (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton) for an initial term of five years with potential for extension by up to 3 years in three separate 12-month extensions at the Authority's discretion (dependent on the supplier's achievement of key milestones).

WMCA procured a supplier through the competitive dialogue process pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Over the term of the contract, the supplier will engage with new opportunities and innovations in terms of bike share and future mobility. This could include additional bikes and docking infrastructure, and provision/incorporation of other vehicles such as electric scooters or derivatives into the West Midlands Bike Share Scheme.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £12,165,042

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 34431000 - Non-motorised bicycles
  • 39151100 - Racking
  • 72222300 - Information technology services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance

West Midlands

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

WMCA's vision is to create a safe, affordable and easy to use bike share scheme across the West Midlands and sought a single supplier to provide a high-quality bike share scheme, comprising physical and geo-fenced docking infrastructure, bikes (both mechanical and e-bikes) and operational services across the urban areas of the seven constituent WMCA authorities.

WMCA conducted a competitive dialogue procedure pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to ensure that the best solution was secured with scheme commencement to begin in March 2021 for an initial term of 5 years with potential for the scheme to be extended by up to 3 years in three separate 12-month extensions at the Authority's discretion and dependent on the supplier's achievement of key milestones.

Key details of the scheme are as follows:

1. The scheme will provide a minimum of 1,500 bikes (mixture of mechanical and e-bikes with a minimum of 10% e-bikes) in the seven constituent authorities (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton) within the first two years of the contract term with scope for expansion of this number of bikes and scope of the scheme depending on demand;

2. In addition to the bikes, the supplier will provide infrastructure and also operational services related to the scheme for WMCA;

3. A services agreement between WMCA and its official bike share supplier;

4. WMCA's preference is that the bikes will predominantly be physically ‘docked’, whether through Sheffield stands, traditional physical docking infrastructure or integration with existing street furniture, in certain locations in constituent areas but is also open to options such as geo-fenced docking stations (or similar), subject to the agreement of the local highway authority but WMCA's preference is for physical docking infrastructure due to WMCA's planning and streetscape requirements; and

5. The scheme will integrate with the existing public transport payment system to offer a seamless, high quality transport service for people moving between different modes of public transport in the West Midlands though this integration may be phased or initially alongside other payment methods.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive dialogue

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2019/S 189-459907


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

02153-2019

Title

West Midlands Bike Share Scheme

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

23 November 2020

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Serco Limited

Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Bartley Way, Hook,

Hampshire

RG27 9UY

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address

www.serco.com

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £12,165,042


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Though originally titled the "West Midlands Bike Share Scheme", the scheme is known as the "West Midlands Cycle Hire Scheme" but other than the change in title, nothing has changed in respect of the content or scope of the procurement.

In addition, the value set out for the contract at sections II.1.7 and V.2.4 of this notice relate to the value as at the date of award. However, this is not necessarily the final value of the contract as this will naturally increase in the event that the scheme is extended to include additional bikes, infrastructure, e-scooters/derivatives and additional services in accordance with the change control request procedure set out in the contract. The estimated contract value specified in the OJEU notice was £20 million and so WMCA reserves the right to increase the contract value in the event the scope of the contract increases throughout its term.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079476000

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/royal-courts-of-justice

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079476000

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London

Country

United Kingdom