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# National Parking Platform - Herefordshire

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-parking-platform-herefordshire-ocds-h6vhtk-07b3f3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The National Parking Platform (NPP) is a not-for-profit platform that enables multiple cashless parking payment service providers to operate through a single national infrastructure, allowing motorists to use participating payment applications across connected parking locations. Originally developed through the Department for Transport's National Parking Platform programme, the platform is now operated independently and is governed collaboratively by local authorities, parking service providers, and the British Parking Association. The contract is for an initial term of two years, with options to extend in successive 12-month periods. (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Herefordshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/herefordshire-council-ons-e06000019)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKG11
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £581,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-parking-platform-herefordshire-ocds-h6vhtk-07b3f3#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07b3f3`

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## Description
The National Parking Platform (NPP) is a not-for-profit platform that enables multiple cashless parking payment service providers to operate through a single national infrastructure, allowing motorists to use participating payment applications across connected parking locations.
Originally developed through the Department for Transport's National Parking Platform programme, the platform is now operated independently and is governed collaboratively by local authorities, parking service providers, and the British Parking Association.
The contract is for an initial term of two years, with options to extend in successive 12-month periods. Due to limitations within the structured notice fields, a 10-year contract duration has been stated.
Herefordshire Council intends to enter into this contract by way of a direct award pursuant to Section 41 and Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 & 6 of the Procurement Act 202
Schedule 5, Paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023 provides that a direct award may be made where:
"The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-
(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works."
The Council considers that there is an absence of competition for technical reasons because National Parking Platform Limited is the sole organisation with the technical capability, infrastructure and operational responsibility required to provide access to and operate the National Parking Platform. National Parking Platform Limited is the recipient of the intellectual property and associated assets developed through the Department for Transport's National Parking Platform programme and is therefore the only supplier capable of providing the required service.
In respect of Paragraph (b), the Council considers that there are no reasonable alternatives to the required services. The requirement is not for the provision of a single cashless parking payment application, but for participation in the National Parking Platform ecosystem, enabling motorists to use a range of participating payment providers through a common national platform. Alternative arrangements with an individual parking payment provider would not provide access to the National Parking Platform and would not deliver the same functionality, interoperability, flexibility, resilience, or customer choice.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 63712400, 98351000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** National Parking Platform (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **NATIONAL PARKING PLATFORM LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-179406`
  - Value: £581,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 04/11/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F105190-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-05T13:19:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-06T10:43:40.167Z
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