# SCC - MS - Guildford E-Bike Hire Scheme

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Surrey County Council](/buyers/surrey-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Smidsy Ltd \(Beryl\)
- Award value: £1,045,664
- Tender value: £4,600,000
- Award date: 19 March 2024
- Published: 17 April 2024
- Contract start: 15 May 2024
- Contract end: 14 May 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 977f3fa6-e4de-46ac-b213-c0cac1e07fc2-741650
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-47ef37e6-99d9-4fe0-ac75-5319370aa8d0

## Description

The Guildford E-bike hire scheme will be Surrey County Councils pilot on-street public e-bike hire scheme, being delivered in collaboration with Guildford Borough Council \(GBC\) and the University of Surrey\. All three organisations share a common goal to promote cycling as an attractive, accessible, and practical mode of transport and have worked together to identify and facilitate the deployment of an e-bike scheme in Guildford\. The introduction of an e-bike concession, which will operate in and around Guildford town centre, supports the following Partnership strategy and policies: • To promote active travel and the Local Transport Plan \(LTP4\) to all residents and visitors to Guildford\. • To reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality through a reduction in local journeys currently made by car and associated congestion in and around Guildford town centre\. • To generate revenue without risk and support a sustainable self-sustaining e-bike scheme\. • The contract will be awarded as a concession contract, with permitted rights to operate and maintain an e-bike public hire scheme in and around Guildford town centre and on the University of Surrey campus\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/977f3fa6-e4de-46ac-b213-c0cac1e07fc2-741650)