Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Infrastructure
James House, 2-4 Cromac Avenue
BELFAST
BT7 2JA
UK
E-mail: strategicdelivery.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
DfI - Provision of Parking Enforcement Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
98351110
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The service provider will be responsible for the management of the following: • On Street parking enforcement in three charged zones in Belfast, Newry and Lisburn. • On street enforcement of parking restrictions in 26 cities and towns across Northern Ireland that are non-charged zones. • On Street enforcement of one residents parking zone in Belfast. • Parking enforcement in 3 charged Park and Ride car parks near Belfast. • Bus lane and urban clearway enforcement using fixed and mobile CCTV in Belfast. • A Lift and Tow service for vehicles parked in a bus lane or urban clearway during a period of restriction. • Cash collection from P and D machines in charged zones – currently there are approximately 300 machines in place. • Provision of rationalised digitised P and D machines to replace the 300 currently on site. • P and D machine maintenance. • A cashless parking service as an alternative to paying by cash and displaying a ticket from an On-Street or Park and Ride car park Pay and Display (P and D) machine. • A clamp and removal service for PCN debt. • A pound facility to store vehicles removed to recover debt or for causing an obstruction on a bus lane or urban clearway. • A disposal service by either auction or crushing for vehicles held in the pound for more than 30 days that remain unrecovered by their owner. • Provision of a dedicated centralised customer service to facilitate enquiries from the public on matters such as P and D machine faults, season ticket management and removal of clamps etc. The current service deploys approximately 160 traffic attendants. It is hoped to reduce that figure to around 100 traffic attendants with the introduction of digitised enforcement. Approximately 120-160,000 Penalty Charge Notices have been issued annually through the current contract.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
75 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
98351110
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The service provider will be responsible for the management of the following: • On Street parking enforcement in three charged zones in Belfast, Newry and Lisburn. • On street enforcement of parking restrictions in 26 cities and towns across Northern Ireland that are non-charged zones. • On Street enforcement of one residents parking zone in Belfast. • Parking enforcement in 3 charged Park and Ride car parks near Belfast. • Bus lane and urban clearway enforcement using fixed and mobile CCTV in Belfast. • A Lift and Tow service for vehicles parked in a bus lane or urban clearway during a period of restriction. • Cash collection from P and D machines in charged zones – currently there are approximately 300 machines in place. • Provision of rationalised digitised P and D machines to replace the 300 currently on site. • P and D machine maintenance. • A cashless parking service as an alternative to paying by cash and displaying a ticket from an On-Street or Park and Ride car park Pay and Display (P and D) machine. • A clamp and removal service for PCN debt. • A pound facility to store vehicles removed to recover debt or for causing an obstruction on a bus lane or urban clearway. • A disposal service by either auction or crushing for vehicles held in the pound for more than 30 days that remain unrecovered by their owner. • Provision of a dedicated centralised customer service to facilitate enquiries from the public on matters such as P and D machine faults, season ticket management and removal of clamps etc. The current service deploys approximately 160 traffic attendants. It is hoped to reduce that figure to around 100 traffic attendants with the introduction of digitised enforcement. Approximately 120-160,000 Penalty Charge Notices have been issued annually through the current contract.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Quantitative Criterion
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The initial contract period is four 4 years, with the option to extend for a further period of up to 36 months and a final period of up to 36 months.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-012751
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/06/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
APCOA PARKING UK LIMITED
Wellington House
UXBRIDGE
UB8 2XW
UK
Telephone: +44 1895272500
E-mail: maria.lodhi@apcoa.com
Fax: +44 1895454269
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 75 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Department for Infrastructure and CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderer to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/06/2025