Scope
Reference
PL0119
Description
'Bikeability' is the Department for Transport's national cycle training programme to teach children practical cycling skills, and to promote confidence to ride safely. The delivery of this training programme helps enable modal shift to meet the DfT's target for 50% of short journeys to be walked, wheeled or cycled by 2030. This training programme further facilitates ECC's Cycling Strategy to foster lifelong active travel habits to reduce congestion and emissions, and to improve public health.
ECC delivers this training programme itself across most of Essex, but due to trainer capacity limits, we outsource the provision of this training for the Castle Point and Rochford districts.
ECC have therefore procured a Contractor to deliver our requirement for Bikeability Training Services in selected schools in the Castle Point and Rochford districts. The Contractor shall ensure that the outcome of this Service is successful delivery of Bikeability training to 49 schools in the Castle Point and Rochford districts. The Contractor shall deliver a quantity of training sessions in accordance with the amount specified by the DfT. As of February 2026, the Required Quantity of riders for the 2026/27 school years is 1700 Bikeability Levels 1 & 2 sessions, 20 Bikeability Level 3 sessions, and 20 Learn to Ride sessions for the Castle Point and Rochford districts.
Contract 1. Bikeability Training Provider 2026 (Castle Point and Rochford Districts)
Supplier
Contract value
- £164,312 excluding VAT
- £197,174 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Date signed
20 February 2026
Contract dates
- 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
- Possible extension to 31 March 2028
- 2 years
Description of possible extension:
The Contract Term will be for an initial term of 1 year. There are provisions within the Contract to extend Services for an additional 1 year, and the decision to extend the Contract will be at the sole discretion of the Authority.
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 80000000 - Education and training services
Contract locations
- UKH3 - Essex
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - unknown
Supplier
South East Essex Academy Trust
- Companies House: 07527304
The Deanes School, Daws Heath Road
Benfleet
SS7 2TD
United Kingdom
Email: admin@thedeanes.essex.sch.uk
Region: UKH37 - Essex Thames Gateway
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Bikeability Training Provider 2026 (Castle Point and Rochford Districts)
Contracting authority
Essex County Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWVM-4844-NRQH
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
United Kingdom
Region: UKH36 - Heart of Essex
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government