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Car Parking Services

NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED

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11 Aug 2026 at 14:53

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Summary of the contracting process

Northern Trains Limited procured car park management services and works across its car park estate in the North East, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber. The requirement covered an initial rollout at 36 stations, supporting the move from manual to automated civil parking enforcement. It included the design, supply and installation of automatic number plate recognition infrastructure, digital permits and vehicle-whitelisting systems, back-office enforcement software, parking penalty administration, appeals management, and enforcement processing. The services were intended to improve parking compliance, increase parking and enforcement revenue, improve customer experience through digital parking services, and create operational efficiencies through continuous automated enforcement and streamlined administration. The main work categories were parking services and car park management services. Northern Trains Limited, based in York, was the buyer.

The procurement is complete and resulted in two active contracts awarded to APCOA Parking (UK) Limited: an ANPR services contract valued at £3,668,000 and an ANPR works contract valued at £285,759. Both contracts were signed on 6 August 2026. The contracts were awarded through a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, as a call-off from the NHS Shared Business Services Framework Agreement, Lot 9, following a compliant mini-competition. Two bids were recorded for each contract. Evaluation was based on price at 50%, technical quality at 40%, and social value at 10%. The procurement supports services and installation works for the same ANPR and car park management requirement across the Northern Trains estate.

This procurement indicates demand for suppliers able to combine transport-sector car park operations with ANPR technology deployment. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need capability in designing, supplying, installing, and maintaining ANPR infrastructure across multiple railway stations, together with reliable digital permit and whitelisting systems. Relevant operational strength would include parking enforcement, penalty administration, appeals handling, and back-office software capable of supporting automated processing at scale. The requirement also favours suppliers able to deliver customer-facing digital parking services, continuous enforcement operations, revenue improvement, and measurable efficiency gains. Experience managing geographically dispersed station or estate-based parking services would be important, as would the ability to address technical quality and social value alongside a competitive price.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Car Parking Services

Notice Description

Two new contracts have been established for the installation of ANPR and the provision of car park management services across Northern Trains Limited (NTL) car park estate.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Northern Trains Limited has established two contracts for the deployment of an ANPR based parking enforcement solution and associated car park management services across its estate. Covering an initial rollout of 36 stations, the contracts include the design, supply and installation of ANPR infrastructure, digital permit and whitelisting systems, back-office enforcement software, parking penalty administration, appeals management and enforcement processing services. The procurement supports the transition from manual to automated civil parking enforcement, improving compliance, increasing parking and enforcement revenues, enhancing customer experience through digital parking services, and delivering operational efficiencies through 24/7 automated enforcement and streamlined back-office processes.

Procurement Information

This contract was awarded as a call off from the NHS Shared Business Services Framework Agreement (SBS10235) Lot 9 following a compliant mini-competition process.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e189
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076308-2026
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

63712400 - Parking services

98351000 - Car park management services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£3,953,759 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
6 Aug 20263 weeks 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
NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
YORK
Postcode
YO1 6JT
Postcode Area
York
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE2 North Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE21 York
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Local Authority
York
Electoral Ward
Micklegate
Westminster Constituency
York Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

APCOA Parking (UK) Limited

Further Information

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