Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Belfast City Council
9 Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8DJ
UK
Telephone: +44 2890320202
E-mail: pmu@belfastcity.gov.uk
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/tenders
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Market Engagement – Expression of Interest for Belfast public bike hire scheme
Reference number: ITT 37330
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60112000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Expressions of Interest are invited from parties interested in supplying, installing, operating, maintaining and publicising a public bike hire scheme for Belfast targeting a ‘go-live’ date in March 2024. Belfast City Council currently has a public bike hire scheme that was launched in 2015 as a high profile active travel project for Belfast and has been running successfully since then.
This request is issued by Belfast City Council to seek and obtain expressions of interest (EOI) from organisations interested in setting up a New Public Bike Hire scheme in Belfast and / or supplying and operating the existing scheme. This is a market testing exercise which will be used to inform the next stage of the planned future competitive tendering process and does not exclude other interested parties from entering the next stage. The current Public Bike scheme has up to 60 stations with a capacity of up to 600 bikes.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
34430000
34913510
45233293
48000000
50000000
63712000
66133000
66172000
72000000
79993100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN06
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Expressions of Interest are invited from parties interested in supplying, installing, operating, maintaining and publicising a public bike hire scheme for Belfast targeting a ‘go-live’ date in March 2024. Belfast City Council currently has a public bike hire scheme that was launched in 2015 as a high profile active travel project for Belfast and has been running successfully since then.
This request is issued by Belfast City Council to seek and obtain expressions of interest (EOI) from organisations interested in setting up a New Public Bike Hire scheme in Belfast and / or supplying and operating the existing scheme. This is a market testing exercise which will be used to inform the next stage of the planned future competitive tendering process and does not exclude other interested parties from entering the next stage. The current Public Bike scheme has up to 60 stations with a capacity of up to 600 bikes.
Please refer to ITT 37330 on eSourcing NI to complete EoI Questionnaire
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
30/09/2023
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/05/2023