Scope
Description
Northern Trains Limited manages a total estate of 305 car parks with 72 sites currently charged. Up to 40 sites have been identified as potentially suitable for Automatic Number Plate Recognition enforcement based on size, design, occupancy and turnover. Northern will seek to introduce ANPR and at the same time will tender for back office services, a permit system and a digital payment platform.
This requirement consists of 5 work packages:
Digital Payment: This covers the digital payment solution across the paid parking estate, including requirements to integrate with ANPR. This is likely to be a Direct Award to the National Parking Platform.
Whitelisting / Permit: ANPR would require a permit solution to support staff, residents, taxis and business parking and a whitelisting solution to support suppliers (Carlisle, ISS, Network Rail, Replacement Buses)
Enforcement Hardware / Software: Purchase, installation and maintenance of physical ANPR infrastructure and supporting offence identification software. Suppliers will be required to comply with all Network Rail processes, standards and approvals.
Enforcement Software: Processing software to manage penalty once offence has been identified. Processes should be as automated as possible. Suppliers should be able to support both Parking Charge Notices (PCNs) and Parking Penalty Notices (PPNs).
Enforcement Processing: Provision of colleagues to process penalties including offence verification, appeal management and prosecutions.
Total value (estimated)
- £1,010,000 excluding VAT
- £1,212,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 September 2025 to 1 September 2030
- 5 years, 1 day
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 63712400 - Parking services
- 98351000 - Car park management services
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
Engagement
Engagement deadline
16 April 2025
Engagement process description
A virtual Pre Market Engagement session will take place on the 16th of April at 13:00pm via Teams. This session will involve a presentation given by the Project Manager and Procurement Team to outline the requirements.
Following the session, if the Suppliers are interested in tendering for this opportunity they will be invited to send an expression of interest to NTL (details will follow). Those who have sent an expression of interest will be invited into separate Market Engagement Sessions to discuss the requirement in more detail.
In the first instance, please send expressions of interest for the presentation on the 16th of April at 13:00pm to Nick Hyde (nick.hyde@northernrailway.co.uk) and Sarah Nixon (sarah.nixon@northernrailway.co.uk) and an invitation will follow.
Procedure
Special regime
Utilities
Contracting authority
NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
- Companies House: 03076444
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZCJ-2164-HJQZ
George Stephenson House
York
YO1 6JT
United Kingdom
Region: UKE21 - York
Organisation type: Public authority - central government