--- title: "Commonwealth Games Park & Ride and Park & Walk booking platform" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-64507877-9644-48b2-8934-c432dfd7d277" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-64507877-9644-48b2-8934-c432dfd7d277" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64507877-9644-48b2-8934-c432dfd7d277.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64507877-9644-48b2-8934-c432dfd7d277.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY" published: "2021-04-27" --- # Commonwealth Games Park & Ride and Park & Walk booking platform Buyer: WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-64507877-9644-48b2-8934-c432dfd7d277 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-64507877-9644-48b2-8934-c432dfd7d277) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64507877-9644-48b2-8934-c432dfd7d277.json) ## Summary The West Midlands Combined Authority is planning a tender for the "Commonwealth Games Park & Ride and Park & Walk booking platform." This initiative aims to facilitate the booking process and purchase of parking tickets at designated sites during the Commonwealth Games. With a focus on Computer platforms, the procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a key milestone of market engagement ending on 14th May 2021. Interested parties can access additional details and submit their interest through BravoSolution, as well as participate in an online session scheduled for 7th May 2021. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in online ticketing systems, software development, and innovative digital solutions. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to engage, as their expertise may align well with the requirements outlined by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM). By participating in this market sounding exercise, suppliers can inform the project scope and potentially influence the procurement outcome, thus enhancing their business prospects in delivering innovative transport solutions. ## Notice Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), part of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), wishes to engage with suppliers through a market testing exercise to understand what the market has to offer in regard to a booking platform to facilitate the booking process and purchase of parking tickets at Park & Ride / Park & Walk sites during the Commonwealth Games. We are interested to learn about innovative ideas and solutions that can be provided by a platform provider to ensure the successful delivery of P&R/W sites. This may be of interest to providers who have relevant interest in hosting and building online ticketing/booking systems/platforms and software development specialists that have designed and built similar platforms to provide tickets at venues or car parks. For those booking platform providers, this market sounding exercise is an opportunity to: - Inform TfWM of the relevant services, technology and delivery models that can be used to deliver a booking platform for CWG spectators wanting to book a PR/W service; and, - Use the feedback from the market to shape the procurement scope and approach In order to access the supporting documents and submit your interest please do so through BravoSolution, the WMCA's e-tendering portal (https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk). The PQQ includes further information on this requirement and the reference is pqq_139. If you are not already registered on BravoSolution it is free and usually only takes a few minutes to do so. If the project is of interest could you please complete the Questionnaire contained in the PQQ by 1700 on Friday 14th May 2021. TfWM are hosting an online session to go through the requirements and for potential bidders to ask questions prior to the submission date. The session will take place on Friday 7th May 2021 at 1300. If this is of interest, please see the PQQ for further details and how to register to attend. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/110dcd53-0d14-4600-87ce-01096caf9992 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 27 Apr 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 14 May 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B19 3SD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Newtown | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages ### Codes - 30211300 - Computer platforms ## Release History - 27 Apr 2021 at 17:05 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/110dcd53-0d14-4600-87ce-01096caf9992 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/110dcd53-0d14-4600-87ce-01096caf9992 27th April 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.wmca.org.uk - https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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