Official UK procurement notice
AT1372 Vehicle Management System and Parking Guidance
Authority: Luton Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: East of England (UKH21)
Awarded value£600,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 6 Aug 2026
Award (standstill) to SWARCO UK & Ireland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionParking Guidance System for Equipment Communication, Hosted control system and Variable Message Signs (VMS) and car park counting equipment. There are supply, install and maintenance elements to this contract alongside the need for a back office/hosted system. The contract is to maintain the existing suite of signs, supply and install new signs and provide a back office/hosting system for the signs and car parking counters.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2026, 14:32 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 14:32 BST
- Authority reference
808473- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074802- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ddf0Find a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Transport Technology
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 Aug 2026 → 17 Aug 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published77 days ago6 Aug 2026, 14:32 BST
- Standstill ends66 days ago17 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 6 Aug 2026- Contract award notice published6 Aug 2026, 14:32 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £600,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWARCO UK & Ireland1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2031 · up to 30 Sept 2034Extensions: 3 extensions, up to 12 months each. · Options: Options to extend: 3 extensions, up to 12 months each. | £600,000 | 6 Aug 2026standstill to 17 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SWARCO UK & Ireland LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender