Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Dudley MBC · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Marston (Holdings) Limited
- Value
- £4,125,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Parking services (CPV 63712400)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 000420-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Sep 2024
- Published7 Jan 2025Published 102 days after the contract date
Description
Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) has been operated within Dudley Borough since 2007, this includes enforcement of both on-street and off-street parking restrictions. There are currently 32 enforceable off-street car parks and over 2000 on-street traffic regulation orders. Enforcement has been provided by a team of in-house Civil Enforcement Officers within Parking Services. They are currently responsible for the enforcement of on and off-street parking restrictions across the Borough, e.g. double yellow lines, overstaying a purchased length of stay on a car park. There are 21 Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO) posts, currently staffed by only 11 members of staff. Civil Parking Enforcement should contribute to and be an integral part of an authority's transport objectives; the main reasons for Civil Parking Enforcement are to reduce the amount of illegal, dangerous and inconsiderate parking, to encourage sensible and safe parking, to cut congestion, improve road safety and improve the econ…
About the supplier
Marston (Holdings) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04305487).