The City of Knoxville seeks applications for a 2-year permit to provide micro mobility solutions. Vendors must provide safe, accessible, and reliable mobility, including electric assisted bikes and scooters. Equity and sustainability are key values. Proposals must detail operations, fleet design, and equity plans. Submission deadline is October 9, 2026, at 11:00 a. m. Eastern Time. The permit fee is $12,000 annually for the first 300 devices.
The evaluation criteria include operations (30 points), fleet (30 points), experience (10 points), data/innovation (10 points), community education (10 points), and equity (10 points). The criteria and the associated weights upon which the evaluation of the proposals will be based include, but are not limited to, the following:
Proposers must be responsible and responsive firms. applications submitted by responsible, responsive firms will be considered for a 2year permit.
The committee may request a site visit from the submitting entity. the committee may request additional material, information, references, asite visit, or a live test demonstration from the submitting entity or others.
Failure to comply with RFP provisions may cause a proposal to be ineligible for evaluation. failure to comply with the provisions of the rfp may cause any proposal to be ineligible forevaluation.
The shareable dockless mobility device permit fee is 12,000 annually for the first 300 devices. the shareable dockless mobility device permit fee is 12, 000 annually, for the first 300 devices.
™
