Provision of Parking Enforcement for 8 Local Authorities in Northern Ireland - Pre-Market Engagement Exercise

Belfast City Council, on behalf of a Consortium of eight local authorities in Northern Ireland, is seeking expressions of interest and intends to carry out a market testing exercise in support of a potential new off street parking enforcement contract that will cover 332 city/town/village centre council-owned sites located throughout eight Boroughs and Districts from 1 November 2023. The Council Boroughs and Districts include:

• Ards & North Down Borough
• Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough
• Belfast City
• Derry City & Strabane District
• Fermanagh & Omagh District
• Lisburn & Castlereagh City
• Mid Ulster District
• Newry, Mourne & Down District The 332 sites consist of 107 charged sites (all of these being surface sites utilising Pay & Display), along with 225 free sites that are enforced upon request. The current enforcement provision (including back office support) is carried out by the Department for Infrastructure. The potential new enforcement contract is envisioned to cover all aspects of off-street parking enforcement from the provision of Civil Enforcement Officers through to cash collection, including provision for cashless parking payments (payment for parking or permits by phone, internet or smart phone application), as well as first line notice processing, back-office provision and all software and hardware provision.