Planning

Pre-Market Engagement for the provision , installation, commissioning and maintenance of VCA Certified Traffic Enforcement Systems

  • Leicester City Council

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-038484

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-055bbd

Published 9 July 2025, 10:44am



Scope

Description

Leicester City Council (the Council) are commencing a formal Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise in advance of initiating a procurement process. The Council aims to procure a Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) accredited camera enforcement solution which will enable us to significantly increase and efficiently enforce a range of moving vehicle offences across the city whilst maximising the value of our existing enforcement camera estate. The purpose of such engagement is to understand the level of market interest and to seek market intelligence on commercial off the shelf solutions and any innovative proposals from organisations who can provide VCA accredited products and operational expertise in this field.

Total value (estimated)

  • £650,000 excluding VAT
  • £780,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2029
  • Possible extension to 30 September 2031
  • 5 years

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 48000000 - Software package and information systems

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Engagement

Engagement deadline

11 August 2025

Engagement process description

Please note this is a Preliminary Market Engagement, it is not a formal invitation to tender. Suppliers must complete a questionnaire and submit the responses by 11th August 2025. To enhance our understanding of the solutions currently available in the market and in addition to the submitted questionnaire, we may invite a number of suppliers (5) to deliver an overview presentation of their solution and its functionality.

For more information regarding the process, you can access the PME document by following this link:

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=e492e45c-a85c-f011-813a-005056b64545


Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

9 January 2026


Contracting authority

Leicester City Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXRT-5737-VBQD

City Hall, 115 Charles Street

Leicester

LE1 1FZ

United Kingdom

Contact name: Pamela Chirara

Telephone: 0116 454 3502

Email: Pamela.Chirara@leicester.gov.uk

Website: https://www.leicester.gov.uk

Region: UKF21 - Leicester

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government