Car Park Management/Off street parking Enforcement Service to MEA CouncilService

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Mid & East Antrim Borough Council is seeking expressions of interest and intends to carry out a market testing exercise in support of a potential new off street parking enforcement contract that will cover 27 town centre sites located throughout the Borough from 1 November 2022. These consist of 15 charged sites, (one of which is a multi-storey car park which utilises Pay on Foot, with the rest being surface sites utilising Pay & Display), along with 12 free sites that are enforced upon request. The current enforcement provision (including back office support) is carried out by the Department for Infrastructure. The potential new enforcement contract is envisioned to cover all aspects of off street parking enforcement from the provision of Civil Enforcement Officers through to cash collection, including provision for cashless parking payments (payment for parking or permits by phone, internet or smart phone application), as well as first line notice processing, back office provision and all software and hardware provision. As preparation for this procurement, the Council intends to hold a supplier engagement and market testing exercise during the week commencing 31st January 2022 (i.e. 31st January – 4th February specifically) which will be undertaken via online meeting i.e. MS Teams or Zoom. Each session will provide interested suppliers with an overview of the opportunity, indicative timetable and the Council’s expectations for the services that will be procured under the forthcoming procurement exercise. In-person meetings during that week may be facilitated upon request but only in exceptional circumstances for those suppliers who are unable to accommodate an online meeting. If required, they will take place at the Council headquarters (The Braid, 1-29 Bridge Street, Ballymena, County Antrim, BT43 5EJ). Suppliers will be given a strict 45 minute slot in which 15 minutes will be the Council’s presentation to suppliers, 15 minutes for suppliers to pres