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title: "PME - Cashless Parking Solution"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05608b"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2025-07-16"
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# PME - Cashless Parking Solution

Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05608b

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## Summary

Leicester City Council is currently in the planning stage of procuring a cashless parking solution with the project titled "PME - Cashless Parking Solution". Targeted at the sub-central government public authority category, this procurement seeks innovative software packages and IT services, emphasizing the development of a digital parking payment system. The service will cater to Leicester and surrounding areas. Significant dates include a milestone for preliminary market engagement, scheduled for completion by 29 July 2025. The procurement method reflects a strategic planning approach with the next notice anticipated on 1 October 2025. The estimated contract value stands at £860,000, rising to a gross sum of £1,000,000, running from April 2026 to March 2029, with potential extensions to 2031.

This tender presents considerable opportunities for businesses specialising in software development, IT consulting, and mobile payment technologies. SMEs may find a viable opportunity given the suitability considerations, making it an attractive prospect for firms looking to expand in public sector IT solutions. Enterprises equipped with the capacity to offer robust and innovative parking solutions that future-proof current systems are ideally positioned to compete. Businesses with experience in app development, particularly those offering phone-based digital solutions, will have an advantage in tendering for this contract.

## Notice

The Council is aiming to procure a solution which will deliver and future proof the current functionality and additionally to provide flexibility to exploit the use of new technology, where this provides benefit to the business, in relation to putting in place an option to pay by phone using an app and phone based digital parking payments system for on and off street parking spaces.

### Planning Information

Objectives of the Preliminary Market Engagement Exercise are to:
 gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion;
 provide confidence around viability of concept;
 gain insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions;
 understand risks and issues not previously considered;
 inform the Outline Business Case;
 inform the Procurement Strategy; and
 prevent the Council from advertising an unachievable project at UK e-notification service www.find-tender.service.gov.uk stage.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040608-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Oct 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £860,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE1 1FZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF21 Leicester |
| Local authority | Leicester |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Leicester South |
| Delivery location | TLF21 Leicester |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 16 Jul 2025 at 14:43 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040608-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040608-2025
  16th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.leicester.gov.uk

## Provenance

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