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title: "National Parking Platform"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05ed91"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WELWYN HATFIELD BOROUGH COUNCIL"
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# National Parking Platform

Buyer: WELWYN HATFIELD BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05ed91

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## Summary

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has completed a procurement process for the project titled "National Parking Platform," within the services industry category. The contracting authority is based in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, and the process was awarded under a direct method as a "Direct award." The project aims to create an integrated platform for major electronic parking payment providers, enhancing consumer choice for parking app usage while allowing operators to advertise and manage parking facilities independently. The procurement stage is completed with a contract period commencing on 17 January 2026, ending on 16 January 2028, with the possibility of annual renewals. The final award was made to NATIONAL PARKING PLATFORM LIMITED, with a gross value of £240,000, ensuring parking services delivery in the UKH region.

This contract presents significant growth opportunities for businesses, particularly those involved in electronic payment services, app development, and parking management systems. As the National Parking Platform expands, businesses that specialise in software integration, data analytics, or customer engagement platforms may find lucrative opportunities to collaborate and innovate within the parking industry. Small and medium enterprises with an expertise in technology solutions for local authorities or infrastructure projects would be well-positioned to compete for related opportunities in the future. Additionally, service providers that support the efficient operation and advertisement of parking facilities through electronic systems will find the platform beneficial for showcasing their services and enhancing business visibility.

## Notice

The National Parking Platform will have two principal purposes: to integrate on one platform the full range of major electronic parking payment providers (and to advertise the availability of parking facilities in the location of the consumer. Both of these purposes are intended ultimately to benefit consumers, but this benefit will be achieved by the NPP providing services to local authorities and other providers of parking facilities Rather than, as at present, parking operators choosing, and contracting with, a single service provider and so a single parking app to manage electronic payments for use of their parking facilities, which users of those facilities have no choice but to utilise, the NPP will permit parking operators to receive payments via the full range of different parking apps and so permit users to use the app of their choice. Parking operators will receive parking fees which service providers have collected from customers less a commission which is retained by the service provider. Parking operators will also be able to advertise their own facilities and provide live availability information through the NPP.

### Procurement Information

The NPP is the only supplier which is currently able to supply the critical service of aggregating service providers so as to enable users of a parking operator's facilities to pay for parking with a wide range of parking apps. The NPP is to be the recipient of a grant by the Department for Transport ("DfT") of the intellectual property and other assets necessary to operate the NPP (which DfT had commissioned and developed). No other supplier will benefit from that grant and no other supplier has undertaken the work necessary to develop a similar platform independently of DfT. Nor does any other supplier have or be likely to obtain the cooperation of the main service providers, who are to be integral to the membership and management of the Company. Such cooperation would be essential to develop a competitor platform in the future. Therefore, the only alternative to contracting with the NPP would be to contract with a single service provider, which is what the vast majority of local authorities currently do. However, to contract with a single service provider is not a reasonable alternative to the superior and different service offered by the NPP.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079167-2025 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Contract period | 17 Jan 2026 - 16 Jan 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

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

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WELWYN HATFIELD BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | WELWYN GARDEN CITY |
| Post town | St Albans |
| Postcode | AL8 6AE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire |
| Local authority | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Electoral ward | Handside |
| Westminster constituency | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 63712400 - Parking services

## Release History

- 3 Dec 2025 at 08:53 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079167-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079167-2025
  3rd December 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://npp.org.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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