Civil Parking enforcement and PCN software Procurement
Oxfordshire County CouncilEstimated Value
Up to £170,000,000
Deadline
13 April 2026
Published
5 March 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
Provision of a full on-street and off-street parking civil enforcement activities to include: • The provision civil enforcement officers, including uniforms, training and associated equipment, to deliver civil enforcement services for all of OCC on-street and off-street parking enforcement activities (currently off street car parks are 4 Park and Rides and Off Street car parks within the Cherwell District. The Council may expand off street car park enforcement in other OCC or district car parks during the time of the contract.). • Implementing and day to day monitoring of parking bay suspensions • The supply of PCNs and PCN envelopes for OCC • First line maintenance of OCC's and Cherwell District Council Pay & Display machines including supplying the P&D ticket rolls.
The actual values for this lot are: without VAT £80,000,000 With VAT £ 96,000.000 Lot 1b - Reading Borough Council - Compliance Management Provision of a full on-street and off-street parking civil enforcement activities to include: • The provision civil enforcement officers, including uniforms, training and associated equipment, to deliver civil enforcement services for all of RBC on-street and off-street parking enforcement activities. • Implementing and day to day monitoring of parking bay suspensions • The supply of PCNs and PCN envelopes for RBC. • Maintenance of RBC's Pay & Display machines including supplying the P&D ticket rolls.
This will also include managing the supply and installation of new P&D machines. • At RBC discretion, undertaking the administration of the processing of PCNs and some permit management activities. The actual values for this lot are: without VAT £40,000,000 With VAT £ 48,000.000
Key points
- Enforcement of Parking restrictions, including off-street parking
- Bus Lane Enforcement processing
- Moving Traffic Enforcement (including Road User Charging schemes) processing
- Permit management, including customer interface and back-office processing
- PCN Notice Processing from serving PCNs to Enforcement Agent warrant issue (whole life cycle of a PCN)
- DVLA, TEC and TPT interfaces
- Interfaces with other third parties such as ANPR cameras systems and authority payment systems to allow telephone and online payments.
- Document management including stationary controls and print fulfilment
- Document storage until the retention period
- Handheld and printer provision
- Payment processing for PCNs and Permits (online and telephone payments although this may be provided through the necessary link to Council payment provisions)
- Mailroom and scanning processing including dealing with incoming mail and payments (cheques, postal orders)
- Optional administration processing for correspondence relating to PCNs and permit processing by telephone and process online applications.
- Interface with the Council's ITC and contractors where required.
- Reports for effective management of enforcement and processing of PCNs and permits
- Oxfordshire currently enforces the District Council car park of Cherwell District Council. During the life of the contract additional car parks for Park and Ride or those currently operated by the District/City Council may be added. The Services do not include Enforcement Agent services, procurement of Pay and Display machines. Please be aware that there will be a joint procurement between Oxfordshire County Council and Reading Borough Council, but there will be 2 separate contracts
Additional details
Lot 1c - Oxfordshire County Council & Reading Borough Council - Compliance Management only Provision of a full on-street and off-street parking civil enforcement activities to include: • The provision civil enforcement officers, including uniforms, training and associated equipment, to deliver civil enforcement services for all of OCC & RBC on-street and off-street parking enforcement activities. • Implementing and day to day monitoring of parking bay suspensions • The supply of PCNs and PCN envelopes for OCC and RBC. • Maintenance of OCC and RBC's Pay & Display machines including supplying the P&D ticket rolls. For Reading this will also including managing the supply and installation of new P&D machines. • At OCC and RBC discretion, undertaking the administration of the processing of PCNs and some permit management activities.
The actual values for this lot are: without VAT £119999999 With VAT £ 144000000 Lot 2a - Oxfordshire County Council PCN and Permit Software The provision of a parking management back-office IT System and suitable software and hardware to support the parking management service to include: • The supply and maintenance of a suitable cloud-based software service for OCCs PCN and parking permit activities • The supply of the hand-held devices (including printers), supporting software and associated maintenance for these devices, software, and any other relevant hardware used by OCCs internal and external staff in the delivery of the parking service.
The hand-held devices and any other physical assets will be the property of OCC. • The supply of additional services, at OCC's discretion, to include the administration of processing PCNs and services relating to permit management activities. • The supply of print and post services The actual values for this lot are: without VAT £25,000,000 With VAT £ 30,000.000 The provision of a parking management back-office IT System and suitable software and hardware to support the parking management service to include: • The supply and maintenance of a suitable cloud-based software service for RBC's PCN and parking permit activities • The supply of the hand-held devices (including printers), supporting software and associated maintenance for these devices, software, and any other relevant hardware used by RBC's internal and external staff in the delivery of the parking service.
The hand-held devices and any other physical assets will be the property of RBC. • The supply of additional services, at RBC's discretion, to include the administration of processing PCNs and services relating to permit management activities. • The supply of print and post services The actual values for this lot are: without VAT £25,000,000 With VAT £ 30,000.000 The provision of a parking management back-office IT System and suitable software and hardware to support the parking management service to include: • The supply and maintenance of a suitable cloud-based software service for OCC and RBC's PCN and parking permit activities • The supply of the hand-held devices (including printers), supporting software and associated maintenance for these devices, software, and any other relevant hardware used by OCC & RBC's internal and external staff in the delivery of the parking service.
The hand-held devices and any other physical assets will be the property of OCC & RBC. • The supply of additional services, at OCC & RBC's discretion, to include the administration of processing PCNs and services relating to permit management activities. • The supply of print and post services The actual values for this lot are: without VAT £50,000,000 With VAT £ 60,000.000 The provision of both Lot 1a and Lot 2a services by either a single organisation, or by two organisations as part of a joint bid or consortium, where a combined bid allows for the provision of additional value and benefit to Oxfordshire County Council and Reading Borough Council.
The actual values for this lot are: without VAT £105,000,000 With VAT £ 126,000.000 The provision of both Lot 1b and Lot 2b services by either a single organisation, or by two organisations as part of a joint bid or consortium, where a combined bid allows for the provision of additional value and benefit to Oxfordshire County Council and Reading Borough Council.
The actual values for this lot are: without VAT £65,000,000 With VAT £ 78,000.000 The provision of both Lot 3a and Lot 3b services by either a single organisation, or by two organisations as part of a joint bid or consortium, where a combined bid allows for the provision of additional value and benefit to Oxfordshire County Council and Reading Borough Council. The actual values for this lot are: without VAT £170,000,000 With VAT £ 204,000.000
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Oxfordshire County CouncilKey Dates
Published
5 March 2026
Submission deadline
13 April 2026
Notice type
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