This tender was awarded by Belfast City Council 'the lead Council' in connection with a competitive procurement being conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations.

The lead Council, on behalf of 8 local authorities in Northern Ireland (named in this notice) 'Consortium', has awarded the contract to Marston Holdings Ltd who was deemed to be a suitably qualified and experienced economic operator 'Bidder', following an open tender competition, for the provision of a car park management / off street parking enforcement and penalty charge notice ‘PCN’ processing service.

Upon notification of award of this joint procurement exercise each council member of the Consortium will enter into individual contracts with the successful Bidder. Each council will have responsibility for the day to day management of their respective contracts.

The Consortium members are currently in contract with the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) via an Agency Agreement for the provision of off-street car park management services. The DfI carry out some of these services using internal staff but also employ a contractor to deliver the majority of the services. This arrangement is due to end on 31st March 2024.

This contact award will provide the following range of services:-

• Off-Street Enforcement

• Cash Collection & Reconciliation

• Pay & Display (“P&D”) machine maintenance

• Full life cycle Penalty Charge Notice (“PCN”) Processing to Enforcement of

• Judgements Office representation stage

• Adjudication service through the Northern Ireland Courts Service

• Debt Recovery in accordance with council’s instructions

• Call centre and customer service help desk for customer interface

• Weekly and monthly reports including updates for financial patterns

• Enforcement at a further 248 Off-Street Car Parks, which are currently free but enforced, throughout the Consortium areas on request from councils, for civil parking contraventions by Traffic Attendant (TA) staff

The number of Off-Street Car Parks that are currently charged may change throughout the Contract Period and that Off-Street Car Parks which are currently free and not currently enforced may become enforceable by the successful Bidder during the Contract Period, on request of the councils and on the basis of the same costs that the Bidder will supply within its Tender.

During the Contract Period, it is envisaged that the councils may wish to explore other more innovative parking schemes and methods of parking enforcement and management as technology evolves, some of which the councils may ask the successful Bidder to trial as part of a pilot scheme and the cost and scope of which will be agreed between the councils and successful Bidder in accordance with the terms of the Contract.