Payment Service Provider Fees for 'Metric' Car Parking Machines

Official notice

Authority: Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk (Local council)

Direct award

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: East of England (UKH16)

Awarded value£300,000published award · exc. VAT

Award in standstill 6 Jul 2026no call for competition

Award (standstill) to Metric Group Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Card Payment Service Provider Fees for 'Metric' Car Parking Machines

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: East of England

66172000 Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

Procedure 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: 6 Jul 2026, 08:49 BST
Last source update: 6 Jul 2026, 08:58 BST
Authority reference: DA-BT 26/27/058
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-063048
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area: East of England (UKH16)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06c3f5 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: System is closed protocol therefore, another contractor cannot access or utilise the system.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

6 Jul 2026 → 16 Jul 2026 · 2 dates

Notice published113 days ago
6 Jul 2026, 08:58 BST
Standstill ends102 days ago
16 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Jul 2026

Transparency notice published
6 Jul 2026, 08:49 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
6 Jul 2026, 08:58 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £300,0001 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Metric Group LtdSME17 Jul 2026 – 16 Jul 2031	£300,000	6 Jul 2026standstill to 16 Jul 2026	Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZQQ-4816-TPLW King's Court, Chapel Street, King's Lynn, East of England, PE30 1EXContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

METRIC GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02560839GB-PPON: PQNJ-4253-CWMV Metric House Westmead Drive, Swindon, South West, SN5 7ADContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender6 Jul 2026, 08:58 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender6 Jul 2026, 08:49 BST