--- title: "Market Sounding Exercise - On-street Enforcement Resources - Leeds City Centre" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-058d45" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-058d45" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-058d45.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-058d45.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEEDS CITY COUNCIL" published: "2025-08-22" --- # Market Sounding Exercise - On-street Enforcement Resources - Leeds City Centre Buyer: LEEDS CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-058d45 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-058d45) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-058d45.json) ## Summary Leeds City Council is currently in the planning stage of a potential procurement process titled "Market Sounding Exercise - On-street Enforcement Resources - Leeds City Centre." This process is aimed at gathering market information to possibly establish contractual arrangements for on-street enforcement services in the heart of Leeds. The Council, acting as the contracting authority, is seeking insights from market participants to make the ensuing procurement exercise more effective. The procurement falls under the industry categories of parking enforcement services and various business services like law, marketing, consulting, and recruitment. A preliminary market engagement notice was published on 22nd August 2025, with a scheduled engagement milestone set for 22nd September 2025. The exercise is part of a series of activities leading to a future notice anticipated in February 2026. This tender represents a valuable opportunity for businesses involved in parking enforcement, business services, and recruitment sectors. Organisations with expertise in these areas are encouraged to participate in the market sounding exercise, allowing them to demonstrate their capabilities and potentially influence future procurement processes. The procurement is especially suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) due to its structure and scope. Companies that can offer comprehensive solutions and innovative approaches to on-street enforcement will be well-suited to compete in this potential opportunity. ## Notice Leeds City Council is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver On-street Enforcement Resources - Leeds City Centre. To support this, we would like to gain information from the market regarding a number of issues related to the potential procurement exercise. This Market Sounding Exercise (MSE) is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. The Council, as contracting authority, is issuing this request for information only, in order to assess the reaction of the market and thus make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. This process is being undertaken to gather knowledge in the following areas: The potential level of interest, from providers, in this potential contract opportunity. The capability of providers to deliver against the objectives set out in this document ### Planning Information https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97411&B= ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051047-2025 | | 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, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Aug 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 2 Feb 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Nov 2026 - 31 Oct 2030 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £160,000 | | 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 | LEEDS CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS1 1UR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse | | Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley | | Delivery location | TLE42 Leeds | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79600000 - Recruitment services - 79940000 - Collection agency services - 98351110 - Parking enforcement services ## Release History - 22 Aug 2025 at 17:00 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051047-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051047-2025 22nd August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97411&B= - https://www.leeds.gov.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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