I don't think the City actually procured these bicycles; therefore, no bidding is required. The only thing being given up by the City is sidewalk space, and that's simply a matter of permitting. Evidently, a clever entrepreneur/non-profit executive made a win-win revenue-generating proposal to the City, nothing wrong with that and nothing in the rules says this requires competitive bidding. Even if it did, there's such a thing as "sole source procurement" which is allowed when there is no other alternative provider. So until someone else comes up with a company to compete against Bikeshare Hawaii/Biki, they will continue to be the sole source.