Bike Bus facilitation and supporting activities for Badenoch and Strathspey
- Buyer
- Cairngorms National Park Authority
- Value
- £23,400
- Closes
- 7 December 2026
- Where
- Grantown-on-spey, Scotland
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
The Cairngorms National Park Authority wants a supplier to set up and grow 'bike buses' (groups of children and families who cycle together to school, led by adults) in Badenoch and Strathspey. The work is worth a fixed £23,400 and involves running activities that help the groups last beyond October 2028. The contract may also be extended to Tomintoul and/or Blair Atholl if funding and the supplier's capacity allow.
What the buyer wants
• Develop and expand the bike buses in Badenoch and Strathspey, working in partnership with Active Schools Highland and volunteers, so they become self-sustaining by October 2028. • Deliver a programme of supporting activities that strengthens the bike buses, broadens participation and builds strong family cycling communities, designed to continue beyond October 2028. • If funding and contractor capacity allow, extend the work to establish bike buses in Tomintoul and/or Blair Atholl.
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: The notice does not list any specific qualifications, insurance, or certifications, so nothing explicit rules out small businesses, but the job depends on building and sustaining community groups over several years with volunteers and a partner organisation, so a supplier without experience of running community or school-based activity would find it hard to win.
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How to bid
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Where to apply
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Questions about this tender? Email the buyer at procurement@cairngorms.co.uk.
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