Parking services management contracts - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Who is responsible for the parking services management? (Name, job title) 

2. Do you outsource your current parking services management?  

If you DO outsource:  

3. What is the total size of the contract in terms of costs paid? (If this is broken down into smaller parts of the contract, please provide details) 

4. What contract type do you currently have? Management (i.e. site is owned by you but managed by a third-party) or Concession (site is owned and managed by third-party) 

5. Do you have separate contracts for off-street vs on-street parking? Or are they bundled into one contract? 

What services are required as part of the contract? (e.g. wardens/revenue collection, security staff, backend services) 

6. Is there future potential for capacity increase or the addition of further services? 

7. Who is your current parking provider? 

8. Which other providers have you used in the last 20 years, if any? (Please provide details of recent contracts and providers, with dates) 

9. When did your current contract start? When does the contract end? Is there an extension period, and if so how long is it? 

10. When going out to tender, do you use a framework or is it an open tender?  

11. Do you usually engage with the market before the tender? If so, how? 

If you DO NOT outsource:

12. Would you consider outsourcing the parking asset management to an external provider in the future? 

If so, under which conditions? 

Decision

1. Matt Jones, Parking Services Manager

2. Parking enforcement and Notice Processing, debt collection and administration services are outsourced.

3. Enforcement and Notice processing contract costs can be found within our published annual reports: https://www.patrol-uk.info/annual-report/?au=Lincolnshire%20County%20Council

4. Neither.

5. One contract. What services are required as part of the contract? (e.g. wardens/revenue collection, security staff, backend services) Parking enforcement.

6. Yes.

7. APCOA Parking Ltd

8. Not Applicable.

9. November 2016 – November 2024. A 3 year extension was implemented which commenced from November 2021.

10. Open tender.

11. Yes, via meet the buyer days.

12. Not Applicable.

Reference number
6728174
Date request received
2 May 2023
Date of decision
25 May 2023