Parking services

Tender description

Wigan Council intends to tender out the Services required to undertake the functions associated with the enforcement of parking, car park management and security, retaining on the client side those functions which it feels will best be delivered in-house. By this policy, the Council is tendering, for the following Services: Contractor Mobilisation; On and off-street enforcement by Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) issue; Implementation of suspensions; Management of elements of the parking infrastructure; Management and provision of the Hand Held Computer Terminals (HHCTs), digital cameras and head/jacket cameras required by the Contractors' staff; and the Provision of compatible software for the issue of PCNs as further detailed in the Specification. Wigan Council intends to tender out the Services required to undertake the functions associated with the enforcement of parking, car park management and security, retaining on the client side those functions which it feels will best be delivered in-house. By this policy, the Council is tendering, for the following Services: Contractor Mobilisation; On and off-street enforcement by Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) issue; Implementation of suspensions; Management of elements of the parking infrastructure; Management and provision of the Hand Held Computer Terminals (HHCTs), digital cameras and head/jacket cameras required by the Contractors' staff; and the Provision of compatible software for the issue of PCNs as further detailed in the Specification. Wigan Council has an in-house service for the administration of parking in the Borough and an existing external enforcement, car park management and security provider. The Council has reviewed this operation and wishes to engage the market through an open tender for a contract, as defined in the specification, which will encompass the parking enforcement, security and car park management elements of the service. The Council currently operate 4 multi-storey car parks, which have a total capacity of 1 628 spaces and 12 surface car parks having a total capacity of 1 151 spaces, together with 275 on-street parking spaces located across the Town Centre and a residents parking scheme situated to the north of Wigan Town Centre. All parking referred to is situated within a 600m radius of the Wigan and Leigh Town Centres with the exception of Haigh Hall Country Park and Pennington Flash Country Park which are approximately 3 miles out of each town respectively. The Contract for the Services is for a period of 3 years from the Commencement Date, the Contract Period may be extended by two further periods of 12 months subject to agreement by both parties.