Notice Information
Notice Title
DfI - Provision of Parking Enforcement Services
Notice Description
The service provider will be responsible for the management of the following: * On Street parking enforcement in three charged zones in Belfast, Newry and Lisburn. * On street enforcement of parking restrictions in 26 cities and towns across Northern Ireland that are non-charged zones. * On Street enforcement of one residents parking zone in Belfast. * Parking enforcement in 3 charged Park and Ride car parks near Belfast. * Bus lane and urban clearway enforcement using fixed and mobile CCTV in Belfast. * A Lift and Tow service for vehicles parked in a bus lane or urban clearway during a period of restriction. * Cash collection from P and D machines in charged zones - currently there are approximately 300 machines in place. * Provision of rationalised digitised P and D machines to replace the 300 currently on site. * P and D machine maintenance. * A cashless parking service as an alternative to paying by cash and displaying a ticket from an On-Street or Park and Ride car park Pay and Display (P and D) machine. * A clamp and removal service for PCN debt. * A pound facility to store vehicles removed to recover debt or for causing an obstruction on a bus lane or urban clearway. * A disposal service by either auction or crushing for vehicles held in the pound for more than 30 days that remain unrecovered by their owner. * Provision of a dedicated centralised customer service to facilitate enquiries from the public on matters such as P and D machine faults, season ticket management and removal of clamps etc. The current service deploys approximately 160 traffic attendants. It is hoped to reduce that figure to around 100 traffic attendants with the introduction of digitised enforcement. Approximately 120-160,000 Penalty Charge Notices have been issued annually through the current contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The service provider will be responsible for the management of the following: * On Street parking enforcement in three charged zones in Belfast, Newry and Lisburn. * On street enforcement of parking restrictions in 26 cities and towns across Northern Ireland that are non-charged zones. * On Street enforcement of one residents parking zone in Belfast. * Parking enforcement in 3 charged Park and Ride car parks near Belfast. * Bus lane and urban clearway enforcement using fixed and mobile CCTV in Belfast. * A Lift and Tow service for vehicles parked in a bus lane or urban clearway during a period of restriction. * Cash collection from P and D machines in charged zones - currently there are approximately 300 machines in place. * Provision of rationalised digitised P and D machines to replace the 300 currently on site. * P and D machine maintenance. * A cashless parking service as an alternative to paying by cash and displaying a ticket from an On-Street or Park and Ride car park Pay and Display (P and D) machine. * A clamp and removal service for PCN debt. * A pound facility to store vehicles removed to recover debt or for causing an obstruction on a bus lane or urban clearway. * A disposal service by either auction or crushing for vehicles held in the pound for more than 30 days that remain unrecovered by their owner. * Provision of a dedicated centralised customer service to facilitate enquiries from the public on matters such as P and D machine faults, season ticket management and removal of clamps etc. The current service deploys approximately 160 traffic attendants. It is hoped to reduce that figure to around 100 traffic attendants with the introduction of digitised enforcement. Approximately 120-160,000 Penalty Charge Notices have been issued annually through the current contract. Additional information: The initial contract period is four 4 years, with the option to extend for a further period of up to 36 months and a final period of up to 36 months.
Options: There are options to extend for a further period of up to 36 months and a final period of up to 36 months
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-031962
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035413-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive dialogue
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
98351110 - Parking enforcement services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £75,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £75,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £75,000,000 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Jun 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 19 Feb 2023Expired
- Award Date
- 1 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- strategicdelivery.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT2 8GE
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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