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Micromobility Services Concession Contract - Market Engagement

Milton Keynes City Council · Local authority

In brief

Milton Keynes City Council has announced plans to buy transport work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 5 years, up to 10 years with extensions, starting 1 November 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4.5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 16 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Milton Keynes City Council (MKCC) is conducting market engagement for Micromobility Services. Milton Keynes operates an active, regulated micromobility scheme featuring e-scooter and e-bikes, with a recent shift towards mandatory parking to improve safety and reduce pavement clutter. The City is a testbed for these technologies. Following the Department for Transport (DfT) trial, Milton Keynes is working to formalise the e-scooter scheme through a tendered concession contract to ensure long term regulated provision. An E-scooter Vehicle Special Order (VSO) covering the Milton Keynes City Council Unitary Authority boundary allows for the provision of e-scooters and will be maintained and updated as required by Milton Keynes City Council This market engagement will look to establish the market appetite for delivering our micromobility services under a concession arrangement. MKCC welcomes your opinions on what works best for the market. Kindly complete and return the Market Engagement questionnaire available on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home. Deadline for submissions of your response to market engagement question will be 12 noon; 06 May 2026.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 020383-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

107

Awards

39

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From notice 020383-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 6 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.