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National Parking Platform

Guildford Borough Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 23 Sept 2026, 19:02.

Opportunity overview

Guildford Borough Council intends to join the National Parking Platform (NPP), a not-for-profit, government-backed initiative designed to modernise and simplify parking payments across participating local authorities. The NPP provides an open and interoperable platform that enables multiple parking service providers to connect to a single national parking ecosystem, allowing motorists to use their preferred parking application when paying for parking rather than being restricted to a single provider. Through integration with the NPP, the Council will offer users greater choice, improved accessibility, and a more consistent customer experience across participating locations. The platform operates through a transaction-fee funding model and provides a centralised mechanism through which multiple approved parking service providers can facilitate parking payments on behalf of the Council. As part of the service, participating providers will collect parking charges, undertake transaction processing and monthly reconciliations, and remit all parking revenue due to the Council in accordance with the agreed operating and settlement arrangements. The solution supports improved interoperability within the parking sector while maintaining the Council's control over parking tariffs and revenue.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

NATIONAL PARKING PLATFORM LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£480k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 16282865
Location
Haywards Heath, UKJ28, RH16 3AP, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

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
ocds-h6vhtk-06f7bb
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
This direct award is made pursuant to Section 41 and Schedule 5, Paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023. The contracting authority has determined that competition is absent for technical reasons (Schedule 5, Paragraph 6(a)) and that no reasonable alternative or substitute exists (Schedule 5, Paragraph 6(b)) These conditions are satisfied because: (a) The National Parking Platform Ltd is the only supplier of a unique multivendor cashless parking solution, which is currently able to supply the critical service of aggregating service providers so as to enable users of a parking operator's facilities to pay for parking with a wide range of parking apps. (b) National Parking Platform Ltd holds exclusive rights to operate and develop the Platform, which was originally commissioned by the Department for Transport. No other supplier has access to this public asset grant. (c) The NPP operates as a central, shared interoperability platform with: • A single, governed technical integration layer enabling approved parking service providers to connect • Controlled onboarding, certification, and access arrangements managed by NPP • A defined ecosystem where authorities must connect via the platform to enable interoperability • No individual supplier can independently replicate or provide: • Access to the NPP integration layer • The ability to onboard multiple payment providers within a nationally recognised interoperability framework • The same level of cross-authority interoperability d) The requirement to integrate with the NPP does not artificially narrow competition because: • The NPP is designed as an open, non-exclusive platform enabling multiple parking service providers to participate • Competition is preserved at the payment provider level, where multiple suppliers can operate via the NPP • The Authority is not selecting a single downstream provider but enabling a competitive marketplace of providers • The specification reflects a genuine operational need for interoperability, not a preference for a specific supplier • Therefore, the direct award relates only to the core interoperability platform, while maintaining competition in the wider service ecosystem.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Guildford Borough Council
Id
GB-PPON-PRYN-3355-CPMV

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PRYN-3355-CPMV

Address

Street Address
Millmead House, Millmead
Locality
Guildford
Postal Code
GU2 4BB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ25

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
NATIONAL PARKING PLATFORM LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-16282865

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
16282865

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGJX-5967-LLNJ

Address

Street Address
Chelsea House
Locality
Haywards Heath
Postal Code
RH16 3AP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ28

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48900000
Description
Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
63712400
Description
Parking services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ2
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
576,000
Amount
480,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-16282865
Name
NATIONAL PARKING PLATFORM LIMITED

Contract period

Starts
1 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2030, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
086268-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
11 Sept 2026, 10:42
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
30 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Guildford · UKJ25 · GU2 4BB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 086268-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·