Planning

Market Sounding Exercise - On-street Enforcement Resources - Leeds City Centre

LEEDS CITY COUNCIL

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Planning

22 Aug 2025 at 17:00

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Leeds City Council is currently in the planning stage of a potential procurement process titled "Market Sounding Exercise - On-street Enforcement Resources - Leeds City Centre." This process is aimed at gathering market information to possibly establish contractual arrangements for on-street enforcement services in the heart of Leeds. The Council, acting as the contracting authority, is seeking insights from market participants to make the ensuing procurement exercise more effective. The procurement falls under the industry categories of parking enforcement services and various business services like law, marketing, consulting, and recruitment. A preliminary market engagement notice was published on 22nd August 2025, with a scheduled engagement milestone set for 22nd September 2025. The exercise is part of a series of activities leading to a future notice anticipated in February 2026.

This tender represents a valuable opportunity for businesses involved in parking enforcement, business services, and recruitment sectors. Organisations with expertise in these areas are encouraged to participate in the market sounding exercise, allowing them to demonstrate their capabilities and potentially influence future procurement processes. The procurement is especially suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) due to its structure and scope. Companies that can offer comprehensive solutions and innovative approaches to on-street enforcement will be well-suited to compete in this potential opportunity.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Market Sounding Exercise - On-street Enforcement Resources - Leeds City Centre

Notice Description

Leeds City Council is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver On-street Enforcement Resources - Leeds City Centre. To support this, we would like to gain information from the market regarding a number of issues related to the potential procurement exercise. This Market Sounding Exercise (MSE) is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. The Council, as contracting authority, is issuing this request for information only, in order to assess the reaction of the market and thus make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. This process is being undertaken to gather knowledge in the following areas: The potential level of interest, from providers, in this potential contract opportunity. The capability of providers to deliver against the objectives set out in this document

Planning Information

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97411&B=

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-058d45
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051047-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79600000 - Recruitment services

79940000 - Collection agency services

98351110 - Parking enforcement services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£160,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Aug 20256 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
2 Feb 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Nov 2026 - 31 Oct 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LEEDS CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS1 1UR
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
TLE42 Leeds
Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

Further Information

Notice Documents

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