Official UK procurement notice
Bus Lane Enforcement Cameras maintenance
Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCoventry City Council intends to award this contract directly to Yunex Ltd pursuant to Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 and Schedule 5, Paragraph 6 (absence of competition for technical reasons).
The Council has an existing network of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras that form part of its current traffic management infrastructure. Yunex Ltd owns the intellectual property rights associated with these systems and is the only supplier with the technical capability and proprietary knowledge necessary to provide the required support, maintenance, modifications and integration services. As a result, competition is absent for technical reasons and no reasonable alternative or substitute supplier is available.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Oct 2026, 13:20 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 13:28 BST
- Authority reference
COV24739- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092842- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e9eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The Council has an existing network of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras that form part of its current traffic management infrastructure. Yunex Ltd owns the intellectual property rights associated with these systems and is the only supplier with the technical capability and proprietary knowledge necessary to provide the required support, maintenance, modifications and integration services. As a result, competition is absent for technical reasons and no reasonable alternative or substitute supplier is available.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Oct 2026 → 13 Oct 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published22 days ago1 Oct 2026, 13:28 BST
- Standstill ends9 days ago13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published1 Oct 2026, 13:20 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published1 Oct 2026, 13:28 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected14 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yunex LimitedVCSE14 Oct 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 | £311,400 | 1 Oct 2026standstill to 13 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- YUNEX LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender