Councillor Andrew Hodson left the room whilst this item of business was under discussion.

A report by the Director of Technical Services gave details of the results of the financial and quality evaluation of tenders received for the Parking Enforcement Services contract, following a competitive tendering exercise.

The report outlined the impact of the new contract on service delivery and budgets and recommended that the contract be awarded to NSL Services being the most financially advantageous tender received.

RESOLVED: That

(1)  the Parking Enforcement Services contract be awarded to NSL Services, based upon the Bid 2 option, for a period of 5 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory performance; and

(2)  the reduction in service delivery costs which will help address the historic overall budget shortfall for parking Services be also noted.