Official UK procurement notice
509_27 Parking Management Solutions
Authority: Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPlease note, this is a Pipeline notice only for ESPO contracts that are forecast to be re-procured or new procurement projects that are expected to be undertaken. However, in this instance interested suppliers may also wish to view the linked UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice that has already been published (Published 23 March 2026) at the time this Pipeline notice was published - see www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026134-2026 ↗
For all current ESPO opportunities, please also visit www.eastmidstenders.org ↗
For details of ESPO Frameworks, please visit www.espo.org/frameworks.html ↗
This Pipeline notice is being published to alert the supplier market that ESPO expects to establish a national framework covering the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and maintenance of a range of parking management solutions (e.g., Pay & Display Solutions, Pay on Foot Solutions, Cashless Parking (Mobile) Solutions and Civil Enforcement Systems).
CPV: Car park control equipment · Car park management services · Parking meters · Parking services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 10 May 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “509_27 Parking Management Solutions” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO buys Civic-amenity services (CPV 9835), and who usually turns up
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Civic-amenity services (CPV 9835) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 66 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid3%
2–37%
4–625%
7+64%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 9835Published estimate£63m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 126 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid20%
2–331%
4–616%
7+33%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Mar 2026, 10:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 May 2026, 11:37 BST
- Authority reference
509_27- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-042894- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067119Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
23 Mar 2026 → 10 May 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published213 days ago23 Mar 2026, 10:52 GMT
- Latest notice published164 days ago11 May 2026, 11:37 BST
- Market engagement113 days ago30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
The aims of the engagement are as follows:
- To identify potential suppliers in the market;
- To obtain feedback on ESPO's proposed procurement methodology;
- To determine whether localised Social Value can and/or will be offered provided to framework users;
- To determine whether the market is prepared for carbon reduction plans to be included as a condition of participation for the procurement;
- To understand the market's capacity to meet the framework requirements;
- To determine whether there have been any changes or developments in the market since ESPO last went out to tender;
- To identify any potential risks in the market.
Engagement is being undertaken via a Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire hosted on the EastMidsTenders eProcurement Portal (www.eastmidstenders.org ↗). The deadline for responding to the RFI has been extended to 17:00 (5pm) on 29 May 2026.
Suppliers wishing to participate in the RFI MUST first express an interest as follows:
(a) Go to www.eastmidstenders.org ↗; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for opportunity '509_27' (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); d) Express an interest.
Suppliers can access and respond to the RFI questionnaire in the Messages section of the eProcurement Portal (via the Activity dashboard once an expression of interest has been registered). Any questions or clarifications should similarly be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal.
- Tender notice expected47 days ago4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 200 days10 May 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Mar 2026, 10:52 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 May 2026, 12:37 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published11 May 2026, 11:37 BSTUK1
- Status changed to planned11 May 2026, 11:37 BST
Published amendments (1)
Extension to the RFI response deadline (to 17:00 on 29 May 2026).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender