24085 Civil Parking and Bus Lane enforcement contract

Description

The Authority is looking for a suitable and sufficient solution to provide Officers for its Civil Enforcement of Parking and Bus lane service. This service covers: on- and off-street enforcement by the issue of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs); implementation of suspensions; management of elements of the city centre access infrastructure; bus lane enforcement by the issue of PCNs through the use of unattended approved ANPR devices, currently 14 such devices are deployed. Moving traffic enforcement by the issue of PCNS through the use of unattended approved ANPR devices, currently one such device is deployed. The area to be covered by the Contract is the administrative area of the Cambridge City Council, South Cambridgeshire and the Park and Ride sites included within the current City Civil Enforcement Area (CEA). There are exceptions, which include the motorway within the City boundaries, and some major roads, which will remain the responsibility of the Cambridgeshire Police (CP), through its uniformed officers. A map of the current CEA is appended (Appendix 1). The three other Districts within Cambridgeshire may be the subject of Applications by the County Council to the Secretary of State for CPE powers, and if this occurs during the life of this Contract, the other Districts may be brought into the scope of this contract. The Contractor will be involved throughout the process. The Contractor, in agreement with the Council, will provide additional Staff resources, including additional transport and accommodation dependent on any newly defined CEA. The contract is based on a Schedule of Rates, to enable the expansion of the contract to take place easily. The contract term is an initial 5 years, with potential option to extend up to a further 5 years. Keywords: Civil enforcement, Parking, Parking officers, traffic wardens