PIN - Parking Policy Consultancy

Location

Description

Provision of consultancy in relation to parking policy

Total Quantity or Scope

Scottish Borders Council is seeking to review and identify opportunities for improvement to its existing parking policies. Having agreed to establish a member/officer working group, the Council are seeking to identify specialist expertise in the transport sector with specific emphasis on parking, enforcement, technology and community. We wish to examine and understand the costs vs benefits of changing our current policies to help us modernise our parking policy and realise opportunities to improve the efficient performance of parking in our communities. To achieve this, we are inviting expressions of interest from the private sector organisations who can offer expertise, resources, and innovative solutions in the review of the Councils current parking strategy in the following areas: 1. Current Policies arrangements (On and Off-street Parking) 2. Benchmarking and Best Practices (including public survey responses) 3. Financial Implications 4. Governance and Funding (Income allocation and criteria/Aggregation) 5. Mobile Home and Camper Van Provision 6. Digital Innovation 7. Risk & Mitigations 8. Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) 9. Community Engagement 10. Decriminalised Parking Enforcement (DPE) Depending on the outcome of the PIN, it is expected that a procurement will be carried out to appoint a suitably qualified bidder during May 2025. Additional information: Interested parties are asked to complete the attached questionnaire and return it to the Council by close of business on 21/04/2025.

CPV Codes

• 60100000 - Road transport services
• 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Interested parties are asked to complete the attached questionnaire and return it to the Council by close of business on 21/04/2025. For further information or inquiries, please contact: Jason Hedley, Chief Roads Officer, jhedley@scotborders.gov.uk, 03001001800 Alex Young, Infrastructure manager, Ayoung1@scotborders.gov.uk, 03001001800 Philippa Gilhooly, Team Leader Traffic and Road Safety, pgilhooly@scotborders.gov.uk, 03001001800 Gary Haldane, Engineer, ghaldane@scotborders.gov.uk, 03001001800 NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=795427. (SC Ref:795427)