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National Parking Platform

Lancashire County Council

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10 Sep 2026 at 15:33

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Summary of the contracting process

Lancashire County Council procured access to the National Parking Platform, a parking services solution supporting participation in a national parking payments ecosystem. The service connects the Council’s parking locations with multiple approved parking payment providers, allowing motorists to choose their preferred parking application. It also supports the collection, reconciliation and remittance of parking revenues. The requirement is for services delivered across the Council’s parking estate in Lancashire, with the buyer based in Preston. This is a technology-enabled parking payments and revenue-management service rather than the provision of physical parking infrastructure or routine civil parking enforcement. The procurement falls under the parking services category (CPV 63712400).

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 6 September 2026 to National Parking Platform Limited. The awarded contract value is £200,000. The contract runs from 7 September 2026 to 6 September 2028. The procurement used a direct award through a single tender action below the threshold, rather than an open competition. The tender submission deadline was 6 September 2026 at 11:00. The award is active and covers the full National Parking Platform service. Lancashire County Council is the buyer and National Parking Platform Limited is the selected supplier. The opportunity was classified as a services procurement and the published outcome records a single supplier award.

For suppliers assessing this market, the award demonstrates demand for integrated parking payment infrastructure that can connect a public authority’s parking locations to a national, multi-provider ecosystem. A credible competitor would need a proven platform that supports interoperability with several approved payment applications, reliable processing of motorists’ parking payments, and accurate collection, reconciliation and remittance of revenues to the council. Operational resilience, secure handling of payment-related data, effective integration with existing parking locations and the ability to support a council-wide service would be important capabilities. The procurement route and the buyer’s assessment that the requirement was unsuitable for SMEs indicate that future competition for this specific scale of service is likely to favour an established provider with substantial platform capacity and public-sector delivery experience.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

National Parking Platform

Notice Description

Provision of access to the National Parking Platform (NPP), enabling Lancashire County Council to participate in a national parking payments ecosystem. The platform facilitates interoperability between the Council's parking locations and multiple approved parking payment providers, allowing motorists to choose their preferred parking application while supporting the collection, reconciliation and remittance of parking revenues.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-931403a2-ea7c-4b7b-96cc-7c834ce19c50
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ad569733-5e49-4beb-9a0c-04decb863fdd
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Single tender action (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

CPV Codes

63712400 - Parking services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Sep 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
6 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
7 Sep 2026 - 6 Sep 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Lancashire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
PRESTON
Postcode
PR1 8XJ
Postcode Area
Preston
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD45 Mid Lancashire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Preston
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Preston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NATIONAL PARKING PLATFORM LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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