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RESOLVED:
 
Hackney Procurement Board to approve the
following:
 
1. 
The proposed approach as set out in section 7.1 of the report for
setting up Hackney’s dockless
cycle hire service to supply a shared mobility service to residents
in the Borough.
2. 
The procurement of a dockless cycle
hire service, for a maximum period of five years (3+1+1 years) at
zero cost to the Council.
 
Related Decisions
 
1. 
The Council has a number of policy documents which set out targets
and
objectives for a dockless cycle hire service in Hackney. These
policy documents are listed below and are expanded on further in
section 7 of the report:
 
· 
Hackney’s Transport Strategy 2015-2025
· 
Hackney's Local Implementation Plan (LIP)
· 
Hackney’s Adopted Climate Action Plan 2023-2030
· 
Hackney’s Parking Enforcement Plan
· 
Hackney’s Air Quality Action Plan 2021-2025
 
2. 
Other decisions relating to this procurement are the procurement of
Hackney’s cargo bike share service and car club service.
3. 
Previous decisions related to the dockless cycle hire service include Cabinet
Procurement and Insourcing Committee decision in February 2022 to
appoint Bidder D (Lime UK, the existing cycle hire provider), as
the sole operator of a Dockless
Bike-Share Scheme using cycle hire bays provided by the Council.
The appointment to operate in Hackney was agreed on the basis of a
fee paying concession agreement for an initial period of two years
with up to two further optional annual extensions.
4. 
Following a discussion at London Councils' Transport and
Environment
Committee, TfL, London
Councils and London boroughs are exploring the design of one
coordinated future scheme to manage dockless e-bikes and e-scooters in London, through
a contract or licensing framework, to improve parking, while
increasing the quality and sustainability of services in London.
Any London-wide Contract or licensing framework is not certain and
if it progresses will not commence before July 2026 which is beyond
the current contract end date. This
procurement will keep open
opportunities to join any London-wide Contract or licensing
framework for cycle hire during the Contract Duration.
5. 
The implementation of new cycle hire bays is a related decision. To
date 173 cycle hire bays for use by the dockless cycle hire service exist in the borough
collectively providing 870m of cycle hire parking space. Funding
secured from the existing dockless
cycle hire provider is funding the roll out of a further 1000m of
cycle hire bays between the date of this report and June 2025. The
decision on these further bays will be taken through the delegated
powers decision report and statutory consultation processes. As
with previous cycle hire bays implemented, the majority will be
located in resident permit bays with a focus on areas with low
parking stress. Any bays proposed in pay and display bays or high
stress areas will be consulted on an individual basis with Parking
Services to evaluate the impact. At the start of the contract it is
expected that there will be cycle hire parking space available for
a fleet size of 2,500 dockless e-bike
vehicles. Section 7.1 sets out how the fleet size will be allocated
at the contract start and as the fleet size grows in response to
further cycle hire bays being implemented.