Official UK procurement notice
RBGKEW1495 Supply, Installation & Maintenance of Parking Meters
Authority: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of four (4) new parking payment terminals for Brentford Gate Car Park. The equipment must be robust, accessible, secure, and capable of operating under UK environmental conditions.
In addition, to the commissioning Kew requires the current machines to be decommissioned, de-installed and disposed of sustainably.
The life cycle of the machines is estimated at a minimum of 8 years so long as they are maintained appropriately.
CPV: Parking services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Framework information :Awarded
Framework information :
Direct Award via ESPO Framework 509_23 Parking Management Solutions, Lot 1 - Pay & Display
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Dec 2025, 15:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Dec 2025, 15:15 GMT
- Authority reference
RBGKEW1495- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-082995- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f5f7Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Framework information:
Direct Award via ESPO Framework 509_23 Parking Management Solutions, Lot 1 - Pay & Display
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flowbird Smart City UK Limited | £31,376 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 082995-2025-1 · Flowbird Smart City UK Limited
- Signed
- 28 Oct 2025
- Value
- £31,376
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Flowbird Smart City UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.