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The service replaces the existing arrangement and will enable customers to pay for parking via any participating platform, using a single NPP issued location code. The National Parking Platform operates as a central data and payment integration hub, aggregating transaction data from all participating parking payment providers and supplying consolidated reporting to parking operators for financial and enforcement purposes. This approach increases customer choice, supports industry innovation, and reduces commission costs compared with existing market solutions.", "status": "complete", "procurementMethod": "direct", "procurementMethodDetails": "Direct award", "procurementMethodRationale": "Northern Trains Limited considers that a direct award is permissible under Schedule 5, Section 6 of the Procurement Act 2023 on the basis that the National Parking Platform (NPP) is the only supplier capable of delivering the required service. The NPP is uniquely able to provide the essential technical function of aggregating multiple parking payment service providers into a single interoperable platform, thereby enabling users to pay for parking via a wide range of parking applications. The Department for Transport (DfT) is granting to the NPP the intellectual property and associated assets necessary to operate the platform, all of which were originally developed under DfT commission. No other supplier benefits from this grant, nor has any other supplier independently undertaken the work required to develop a comparable platform. In addition, no alternative provider has, or is reasonably capable of securing, the required cooperation of the main parking service providers, whose participation is integral to the governance, operation, and continued viability of the NPP. Without such cooperation, a competing aggregator cannot feasibly be created. The only possible alternative would be for the Contracting Authority to contract with a single parking payment service provider, this does not constitute a reasonable alternative, as it does not offer the multi provider operability, technical functionality, or market wide integration provided exclusively by the NPP. Northern Trains Limited is therefore satisfied that NPP is the only supplier capable of providing the services required and that no reasonable alternatives exist.", "specialRegime": [ "utilities" ], "lots": [ { "id": "1", "status": "complete" } ], "documents": [ { "id": "conflictOfInterest", "documentType": "conflictOfInterest", "description": "Not published" } ], "procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [ { "id": "singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons" } ] }, "awards": [ { "id": "1", "status": "pending", "value": { "amountGross": 504000, "amount": 420000, "currency": "GBP" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "aboveThreshold": true, "suppliers": [ { "id": "GB-COH-16282865", "name": "NATIONAL PARKING PLATFORM LIMITED" } ], "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "63712400", "description": "Parking services" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKC", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKD", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKE", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKC", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKD", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKE", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2026-04-08T00:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2028-04-07T23:59:59+01:00", "maxExtentDate": "2033-04-07T23:59:59+01:00" }, "hasRenewal": true, "renewal": { "description": "The contract includes an initial term of two (2) years, followed by rolling one year extension periods. Northern Trains Limited currently anticipates utilising these annual renewals for a total contract duration of approximately seven (7) years; however, Northern Trains Limited retains the ability to continue the annual renewals beyond this period should the service remain required." }, "hasOptions": true, "options": { "description": "Northern Trains Limited has the option to renew the contract on a rolling annual basis after the initial two year term. These options may be exercised repeatedly, enabling the Northern Trains Limited to extend the contract beyond the anticipated seven year period if operationally necessary." }, "relatedLots": [ "1" ], "documents": [ { "id": "027045-2026", "documentType": "awardNotice", "noticeType": "UK5", "description": "Transparency notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027045-2026", "datePublished": "2026-03-24T17:08:12Z", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "027050-2026", "documentType": "awardNotice", "noticeType": "UK6", "description": "Contract award notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027050-2026", "datePublished": "2026-03-24T17:12:44Z", "format": "text/html" } ], "milestones": [ { "id": "1", "type": "futureSignatureDate", "dueDate": "2026-04-07T23:59:59+01:00", "status": "scheduled" } ], "date": "2026-03-24T00:00:00Z", "standstillPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-04-02T23:59:59+01:00" } } ], "language": "en" }