Aberdeen to retender for bike hire

Aberdeen City Council is to retender a bike hire contract after failing to find an operator in the initial procurement. The council issued a prior information notice on 16 April saying the tender should be advertised in the next two to six weeks though “timings will be dependent on the Covid-19 situation as it unfolds”. Aberdeen launched the first procurement for a five-year bike hire contract late last year (LTT 06 Dec 19). The council told local media in February: “The tendering process was disappointing. A survey is being done to see what went wrong and why there was a lot of interest in the beginning but (which) whittled down.” As with the previous tender, the new procurement will specify that the operation must be at no financial cost to the council.