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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Micromobility Service – Cambridge E-Scooter Trial and E-bike Service

TransportCPV 60140000
Value£22.5m
Deadline5 Aug 2026
Published6 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 6 Jul 202612 days leftCloses 5 Aug 2026
Who to contact
CPCA Procurement
procurement@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
01480277180

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£22.5mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£24.3m

This is a large award for Transport Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,160 valued Transport Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Authority is seeking to award a Contract to a single supplier for the following requirements: • To provide the micromobility service in Cambridge and some of the immediately adjoining settlements, and potentially in the wider Combined Authority area • For 18 Months • Option to extend up to 3.5 years The Contract to be awarded is a concession contract.

The Concessionaire will be responsible for the provision, operation, and management of the micromobility service and will assume operational and demand risk associated with the service.

The Authority will not guarantee any level of demand, revenue, or usage; will not provide revenue support or financial subsidy.

The Concessionaire will generate revenue directly from users and bear the risk of underperformance.

The initial Contract will be for a period of 18 Months and will include an option for the Contract to be extend by up to a further, 3 and a half years making a total, maximum duration of 5 years.

The contract includes the following key requirements/provisions: • Micromobility service operations • Payment considerations • TUPE • Novation/ Warranties • GDPR requirements • Insurance Requirements The successful Supplier will be appointed based on their expertise, resource and approach to delivering the project and as such the Quality Questions within Document C will become contractual obligations.

The contract will be signed under hand.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

To provide the micromobility service in Cambridge

To provide the micromobility service in Cambridge and some of the immediately adjoining settlements, and potentially in the wider Combined Authority area.

02

The Concessionaire will be responsible for

The Concessionaire will be responsible for the provision, operation, and management of the micromobility service and will assume operational and demand risk associated with the service.

03

The Authority will not guarantee any level

The Authority will not guarantee any level of demand, revenue, or usage; will not provide revenue support or financial subsidy.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Stated in this notice

  • Plan for deliveryTUPE transfer…operations • Payment considerations • TUPE • Novation/ Warranties • GDPR requirements • Insurance R…

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidOperator licences / driver vetting (DBS for passenger transport)
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06659f
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
063363-2026
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