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250202 – Preliminary Market Engagement for a Car Parking Management Solution at Queen’s Accommodation (Elms BT9)

Queen's University Belfast · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 04:19.

Opportunity overview

Queen’s is seeking to engage with suppliers to support a scoping exercise for potential replacement of the car parking management solution at Queen’s Accommodation Elms BT9 site at 78 Malone Road, Belfast. The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise is to gain a better understanding of the car park solutions available in the market, explore options for a specific solution at the Elms BT9 site, understand costs, and support a potential future procurement exercise. The PME process will provide interested suppliers with the opportunity to obtain further information on Queen’s requirements and also provide Queen’s with the opportunity to obtain feedback from the marketplace. Queen’s is not looking for supplier proposals at this stage, but would like suppliers who wish to participate in the PME process to express their interest by registering at our e-tendering portal which you can find at the link below. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home You can access the PME documents by searching “Tenders” – then “Current Tenders". Please complete and return the template form enclosed as Appendix 4 if you wish to participate in the PME process.

Classification

  • CPV34926000 — Car park control equipment
  • CPV98351000 — Car park management services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
250202
Main Procurement Category
goods
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
13 Apr 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Aug 2026, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Aug 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
34926000
Description
Car park control equipment
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
98351000
Description
Car park management services

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Queen’s is not looking for supplier proposals at this stage, but would like suppliers who wish to participate in the PME process to express their interest by registering at our e-tendering portal which you can find at the link below. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home You can access the PME documents by searching “Tenders” – then “Current Tenders". Please complete and return the template form enclosed as Appendix 4 if you wish to participate in the PME process. On receipt of Expressions of Interest in engaging with the PME process, Queen’s expects to schedule discussions with interested suppliers via Microsoft Teams at a time convenient to all parties, in order to discuss, high-level options and recommendations around: 1. The supplier’s preferred approach at Elms BT9 given the aims of the project 2. Indicative pricing 3. Functionality e.g. barriers, payment etc. 4. Contract administration and support e.g. dashboards, training, fault finding 5. Payment solutions 6. Installation and maintenance 7. Flexibility and scalability 8. Commercial information e.g. return on investment, warranties, SLAs 9. Sustainability Queen’s may choose to seek additional clarification from suppliers to inform the development of a specification, and which may include the provision of a demonstration. It is expected that Microsoft Teams will be used to capture AI generated transcriptions of the meetings to support accurate record keeping.
Due
10 Feb 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
005608-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
22 Jan 2026, 10:01
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Queen's University Belfast
Id
GB-NIC-101788

Identifier

Scheme
GB-NIC
Id
101788

Address

Street Address
University Rd
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT7 1NN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN06

Contact

Name
Dónall Patton

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Entry 2
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id
GB-NIR
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UKN06 · BT7 1NN · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 005012-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 005608-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·