City of Kingston Bikeshare Program

The City is requesting proposals for a Bikeshare Contractor to provide turnkey service to operate a public bicycle sharing system comprised of both Class 1, pedal-assist and traditional (non-electric) purpose-built bicycles. Proposals should include but not be limited to hardware, software, operations, installation, maintenance, rebalancing, customer support, partner support, station installation and management and demobilization, battery swapping, hardware replacement, and branding on bikes. Evaluate the City of Kingston and the potential Bikeshare network to propose the fleet size and number of stations for a sustainable program. Respondents are encouraged to propose alternative approaches and methods where they believe doing so would better achieve the project's goals. Docking station locations have been preliminarily identified. Ideally, the program will launch by June 2027 and operate with funding from a grant from NYSERDA for at least 16 months through the end of August 2029. The Subcontractor will work with the City of Kingston to develop a sustainable program beyond the initial seed funding. Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: None