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NDC0109-26 - National Parking Platform

North Devon District Council

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29 Jul 2026 at 15:35

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

North Devon District Council is procuring digital parking payment services for its car parks in North Devon. The service will replace arrangements that restrict customers to a single parking payment provider. It will allow motorists to pay through any participating parking application, using the National Parking Platform’s ability to aggregate multiple parking payment service providers into one platform. This is a parking services requirement, classified under CPV 63712400. The council is the buyer and the service is delivered for its car parks in the United Kingdom. The requirement concerns the operation and customer access of digital parking payments rather than physical car park management, enforcement, maintenance or construction. It is therefore relevant to parking technology providers, payment platforms and organisations able to connect multiple parking applications and operators.

The procurement has been completed through a direct award. North Devon District Council selected National Parking Platform Limited, an SME, as the supplier. The award date was 29 July 2026. The awarded value is £572,510 excluding VAT, or £687,012 including VAT. The contract period runs from 12 September 2026 to 11 September 2028, with annual rolling extensions potentially taking the total period to 11 September 2036. The award covers one lot. The council states that direct award conditions are met because National Parking Platform is the only supplier able to provide the required multi-application payment service: alternatives lack the necessary technology and cooperation from individual parking operators. The platform’s intellectual property and assets were developed by the Department for Transport and transferred for its operation.

This award demonstrates demand from North Devon District Council for an integrated digital parking payment platform that gives customers access to multiple participating applications. A credible future competitor would need proven technology for aggregating parking payment providers into a single service, reliable integration with individual parking operators and the operational capacity to support council car parks. Suppliers would also need to understand the platform’s intellectual property and asset arrangements, particularly where these are connected to infrastructure developed by the Department for Transport. Experience delivering parking payment services, maintaining dependable connections across different applications and managing customer-facing payment journeys would strengthen a supplier’s position. The requirement is suited to specialist parking technology businesses and established payment-platform operators able to work across a participating provider network.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

NDC0109-26 - National Parking Platform

Notice Description

North Devon Council (NDC) intends to enter into a contract with the National Parking Platform (NPP) for the provision of digital parking payment services for NDC car parks. The NPP will replace the current arrangements which only allow payment through one parking payment service. NPP enables customers to pay for parking via any participating platform.

Procurement Information

The conditions for Direct Award are satisfied because NPP is the only supplier able to provide the required service of enabling users to pay for parking via a wide range of parking applications through its technical function of aggregating multiple parking payment service providers into a single payment platform. No alternative supplier has the technology or co-operation of individual parking operators to provide the same service and the platform IP and assets were developed by the DfT and transferred specifically for the operation of the NPP.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d6cc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071826-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£572,510 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
12 Sep 2026 - 11 Sep 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
North Devon District Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BARNSTAPLE
Postcode
EX31 1DG
Postcode Area
Exeter
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK4 Devon
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK43 Devon CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
North Devon
Electoral Ward
Barnstaple Central
Westminster Constituency
North Devon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NATIONAL PARKING PLATFORM LIMITED

Further Information

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