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title: "National Parking Platform"
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# National Parking Platform

Buyer: Lancashire County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-931403a2-ea7c-4b7b-96cc-7c834ce19c50

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## Summary

Lancashire County Council procured access to the National Parking Platform, a parking services solution supporting participation in a national parking payments ecosystem. The service connects the Council’s parking locations with multiple approved parking payment providers, allowing motorists to choose their preferred parking application. It also supports the collection, reconciliation and remittance of parking revenues. The requirement is for services delivered across the Council’s parking estate in Lancashire, with the buyer based in Preston. This is a technology-enabled parking payments and revenue-management service rather than the provision of physical parking infrastructure or routine civil parking enforcement. The procurement falls under the parking services category (CPV 63712400).

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 6 September 2026 to National Parking Platform Limited. The awarded contract value is £200,000. The contract runs from 7 September 2026 to 6 September 2028. The procurement used a direct award through a single tender action below the threshold, rather than an open competition. The tender submission deadline was 6 September 2026 at 11:00. The award is active and covers the full National Parking Platform service. Lancashire County Council is the buyer and National Parking Platform Limited is the selected supplier. The opportunity was classified as a services procurement and the published outcome records a single supplier award.

For suppliers assessing this market, the award demonstrates demand for integrated parking payment infrastructure that can connect a public authority’s parking locations to a national, multi-provider ecosystem. A credible competitor would need a proven platform that supports interoperability with several approved payment applications, reliable processing of motorists’ parking payments, and accurate collection, reconciliation and remittance of revenues to the council. Operational resilience, secure handling of payment-related data, effective integration with existing parking locations and the ability to support a council-wide service would be important capabilities. The procurement route and the buyer’s assessment that the requirement was unsuitable for SMEs indicate that future competition for this specific scale of service is likely to favour an established provider with substantial platform capacity and public-sector delivery experience.

## Notice

Provision of access to the National Parking Platform (NPP), enabling Lancashire County Council to participate in a national parking payments ecosystem. The platform facilitates interoperability between the Council's parking locations and multiple approved parking payment providers, allowing motorists to choose their preferred parking application while supporting the collection, reconciliation and remittance of parking revenues.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ad569733-5e49-4beb-9a0c-04decb863fdd |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Single tender action (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 7 Sep 2026 - 6 Sep 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £200,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £200,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Lancashire County Council |
| Locality | PRESTON |
| Postcode area | Preston |
| Postcode | PR1 8XJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD45 Mid Lancashire |
| Local authority | Preston |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Preston |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NATIONAL PARKING PLATFORM LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

### Codes

- 63712400 - Parking services

## Release History

- 10 Sep 2026 at 15:33 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ad569733-5e49-4beb-9a0c-04decb863fdd

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ad569733-5e49-4beb-9a0c-04decb863fdd
  10th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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