Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice

Published 12 Nov 2026, 08:50 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Vehicle-Mounted ANPR Parking Monitoring Solution

Authority: Portsmouth City Council (Local council)

GoodsBelow thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: South East (UKJ31)

Planned pipeline value£160,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 7 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Portsmouth City Council’s (PCC) Parking Service is exploring options for the supply, installation and deployment of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) equipment and associated software solutions for an existing Council vehicle. The solution will support patrols for the monitoring of Resident Parking Zones and untaxed vehicles, with the aim of improving operational efficiency and increasing service visibility.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Portsmouth Parking Service, managed by PCC, oversees all on-street and off-street council-owned parking, resident permits, and enforcement. The Portsmouth Parking Strategy 2024–2034 aims to manage this through increased resident permit charges, expanding Resident Parking Zones (RPZs) and promoting sustainable transport.

Portsmouth experiences significant parking pressures due to high population density, constrained highway space, high levels of vehicle ownership and demand for resident parking. PCC operates an extensive network of Resident Parking Zones and wishes to explore whether ANPR technology could improve operational efficiency and service visibility.

Portsmouth City Council is seeking to understand the range of ANPR solutions currently available within the market to help improve operational efficiency and increase visibility/resident satisfaction.

The potential solution may broadly provide:

Vehicle-based ANPR solutions for parking management
Integration with parking and permit systems
Identification of parking contraventions
Reporting and management functionality
Potential functionality relating to untaxed or SORN vehicles
Delivery, support and maintenance arrangements
Indicative pricing approaches

CPV: Software package and information systems · Traffic monitoring services

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSME

Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2028 (1 yr) · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions

Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible

Extensions: Extension options published

48000000 Software package and information systems 63712710 Traffic monitoring services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Portsmouth City Council buys Support services for land transport (CPV 6371), and who usually turns up

Portsmouth City Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Support services for land transport (CPV 6371) →

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid

This buyerPortsmouth City Council · all categories

The marketSupport services for land transport (CPV 6371)

What to do with it

How often do SMEs win?

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 175 of 284 known-size awards · market: CPV 6371 · South East England, n=17

62%65%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England.

Buyer: 141 of 311 known-location awards · market: CPV 6371 · South East England, n=15

45%33%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?

Buyer: 14 decided notices · market: CPV 6371 · UK-wide, n=19

53 days55 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 53 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 18 of 337 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 6371 · South East England, n=20

5%40%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

This buyer22 lots with bid counts · all categories

23% had one bid

The market35 lots with bid counts · CPV 6371 · UK-wide

20% had one bid

% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (22) / the market (35) · select a colour for counts

1 bid23% / 20%

Buyer: 5 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 35 lots with published bid counts.

2–341% / 46%

Buyer: 9 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 16 of 35 lots with published bid counts.

4–632% / 17%

Buyer: 7 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 35 lots with published bid counts.

7+5% / 17%

Buyer: 1 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 35 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

This buyer16 lots with estimate and award · all categories

25% below estimate

The market22 lots with estimate and award · CPV 6371 · UK-wide

36% below estimate

% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (16) / the market (22) · select a colour for counts

Below estimate25% / 36%

Buyer: 4 of 16 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 8 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.

Within ±2%75% / 55%

Buyer: 12 of 16 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 12 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.

Above estimate0% / 9%

Buyer: 0 of 16 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.

Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 637112 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£160k

Expected competition

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 16 past lots.

—No model forecast yet6% chance of a single bid

Past bids on 16 similar lots

1 bid6%

1 of 16 similar past lots received 1 bid (6%).

2–350%

8 of 16 similar past lots received 2–3 (50%).

4–631%

5 of 16 similar past lots received 4–6 (31%).

7+13%

2 of 16 similar past lots received 7+ (13%).

Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.

Commercial price forecast

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet

No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £160k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data

Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Planned procurement
Procurement threshold: Below threshold
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 12 Nov 2026, 08:50 GMT
Last source update: 12 Nov 2026, 08:50 GMT
Authority reference: P00005282
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-107375
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Software package and information systemsTraffic monitoring services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ31)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07ba2f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

12 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates

Planning notice published33h ago
12 Nov 2026, 08:50 GMT
Today
13 Nov 2026
Market engagementin 17 days
30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
We recognise the experience and innovation that suppliers can bring to these services. As such the Council would welcome your organisation's market information, which will be used to enable the service to draw up a high-quality specification and that meets the needs of the parking service.
A questionnaire has been published on the InTend portal
(in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/home ↗).
We welcome any feedback from interested parties. Providers are encouraged to complete as many of the questions within the questionnaire as possible.
Please return the PME questionnaire via the InTend portal by 30 November 2026.
Portsmouth City Council reserve the right to hold further discussions with suppliers that can demonstrate relevant experience and capability.
Tender notice expectedin 55 days
7 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Contract startsin 138 days
1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
12 Nov 2026, 08:50 GMT
UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Portsmouth City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCNL-5714-PRZV Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, South East, PO1 2ALContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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