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Parking Management Solutions

  • Kent County Council (t/a Procurement Services)

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-002605

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0603ff

Published 12 January 2026, 4:05pm

Last edited 13 January 2026, 12:05pm

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Scope

Reference

Y26022

Description

Parking Management Solutions Y26022

Pre-Market Engagement questionnaire for Parking Management Solutions

Procurement Services is conducting a needs assessment to understand the requirements of public sector organisations for Parking Management Solutions . This will help us shape a framework that best meets your needs. We invite you to respond to the following questions to help ensure the framework delivers the right products, services, and value. Responses should be submitted by Friday 30th January by 5pm - link within the attached document.

Potential lots may be:

LOT 1 - Parking payment machines and Access control (including cashless payments)- Complete parking management solutions

Pay machines

Manual cashier terminal

Entry terminal

Exit terminal

Barrier system

LOT 2 - Cashless parking - Parking management software solutions

to include options for end user payments using an app, website or over the phone and extend stay, providing SMS to confirm when payment is deducted.

PayByPhone/ Pre-book, pre-pay options which enable end user to find a space, find a car park, and pay.

ANPR occupancy data, to offer motorists available parking spaces.

LOT 3 - Civil enforcement solutions

Warden patrols - periodical visits to a parking area to check and ensure all parked vehicle display a valid parking permit/ ticket and process any penalty charge notices (PCN) required.

ANPR enforcement-vehicle number plate capture for data to be processed automatically.

Bay enforcement/ smart parking - solutions to protect parking bays with technology that can be integrated with existing bays.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1005982749

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Total value (estimated)

  • £60,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £72,000,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2030
  • Possible extension to 31 May 2034
  • 8 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 34996300 - Control, safety or signalling equipment for parking facilities
  • 38700000 - Time registers and the like; parking meters
  • 38730000 - Parking meters
  • 45223300 - Parking lot construction work
  • 45233270 - Parking-lot-surface painting work
  • 51214000 - Installation services of parking meter equipment
  • 63712400 - Parking services
  • 98351110 - Parking enforcement services

Engagement

Engagement deadline

1 February 2026

Engagement process description

This preliminary market engagement is conducted in accordance with Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023. Its purpose is to inform and shape the upcoming procurement process by engaging with the market in a fair, transparent, and non-discriminatory manner.

This notice is issued to:

Invite suppliers to participate in pre-market engagement - This is not a call for competition at this stage, it is to explore what is needed in the market place and how best to design the framework to assist public sector spending to offer best value and a route to market that is compliant.

The purpose of this engagement is to:

Understand market capability and capacity

Inform the development of the specification and pricing mechanism

Explore innovative solutions

Identify potential risks and delivery models

Suppliers are invited to participate in the following activities:

Online questionnaire

1:1 meetings

ACCESS CODE: 3Q25XMJQK6


Contracting authority

Kent County Council (t/a Procurement Services)

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYCX-4938-CCHM

1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill

West Malling

ME19 4YT

United Kingdom

Contact name: Samantha Garvey

Telephone: 0808 168 5808

Email: highwayservices@csltd.org.uk

Region: UKJ46 - West Kent

Organisation type: Public authority - central government