Decision details

The initial contract commenced in April 2018 and is due to end in March 2023.
As part of the Council’s Commercial Programme, the service have been developing a Full Business Case on parking and one aspect of this is the implementation of ‘smart’ technology in parking. Dialogue has been held with Saba and other providers of this type of technology to look at whether it would be worthwhile implementing this in Council car parks.
The parking FBC has recommended that the due to the dependencies between any ‘smart’ technology and the parking enforcement systems, it may be better suited for the inclusion of ‘smart’ technology as part of the recommissioning process for the parking enforcement contract. This will enable the Council to make a decision on whether they would want to implement this technology and if they do, whether this will be as part of the existing Parking Enforcement contract or through a new tender process.
As a result of the FBC being undertaken during 2022/23, the recommissioning of the parking enforcement contract was delayed until the outcome of the decision around using ‘smart’ technology became clear. The current parking enforcement contract will therefore need to be extended from April 2023 to enable the commissioning and procurement of a replacement contract to be undertaken.

The recommendation is to agree to the 2-year contract extension period as set out in this report, from April 2023 to March 2025.

Extending the contract for a 5 year period, but this was discounted as there is a need to look at a quicker implementation of 'smart' technology in car parks and this will impact on the parking enforcement contract.