Official UK procurement notice
Highways Enforcement System Framework
Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe framework will support the provision and supply of a System to Enforce Bus Lanes, Moving Traffic Offences and Parking in Cycle Lanes, including maintenance.
The framework period will be for 4 years. t is intended for the contract to commence 17th November 2025
CPV: Traffic-monitoring equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Places
- up to 2 suppliers · 2 bids received (1.0 per place) · 2 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 19 Nov 2025
Published description of the framework
Each time the Council need to call off from this framework, a competitive selection process will be conducted.
The specific requirements for each call off will be shared with both suppliers on the framework, who will be asked to provide a quotation to fulfil the requirements.
The Council will rely on the contractors to determine the number of enforcement units their solution would need to satisfy the Council's requirements as part of the quotation process. The Council will not be responsible for any costs associated with or incurred as part of the quotation process such as site visits or surveys.
Where stated in the framework pricing schedule, prices submitted during a further competition exercise must not exceed the relevant rates detailed in the Schedule of Rates (SOR) submitted at the tender stage.
Fixed prices agreed during the appointment to the framework process, stated in the framework pricing schedule, will be prepopulated in further competition Pricing Schedule.
The Council reserves the right to not award to either contractor.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£6,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
See tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
See tender documents
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 30%
- Price: 40%
- Social Value: 20%
- Environment: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality: For the Quality Criterion suppliers will be scored on their responses to the relevant quality questions within the Tender Questionnaire. Suppliers must score at least a mean average score of 3 (i.e.... Suppliers must score at least 18% out of the total 30% for the Quality Criterion) across the Quality criteria as a whole. Tenders that fail to meet this score threshold will not be considered further. The Council may also, at its discretion, exclude a tender that scores 0 or 1 on any individual criterion. Further details on the award criteria can be found within the procurement documentation.
- Social Value: Suppliers must self-certify that they and their subcontractors pay the Real Living Wage and do not operate zero-hour contracts. Suppliers that fail to do this will be excluded and their tenders will not be considered further. For the Social Value Criterion suppliers will be scored on their responses to the relevant Social Value questions within the Tender Questionnaire. Further details on the award criteria can be found within the procurement documentation.
- Environment: For the Environment Criterion suppliers will be scored on their responses to the relevant Environment questions within the Tender Questionnaire. Further details on the award criteria can be found within the procurement documentation.
- Price: Suppliers are required to complete the Pricing Schedule within the procurement documentation. The Price score will be calculated following the relevant methodology set out within the Award Criteria section of the ITT document. Suppliers that fail to complete and provide the Pricing Schedule, in full, will be excluded and their tenders will not be considered further.
- Economic & financial standing
See tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
See tender documents
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Highways Enforcement System Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Apr 2025, 14:00 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2025, 14:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
P-0783- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046828- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050a3cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 9 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ . Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this opportunity. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including procurement specific questionnaire, via the on-line portal by 11am on 9th September 2025 as referred to in the tender documentation. Any clarification queries must also be submitted via the Chest website by the date referred to in the tender documentation.
Timeline
30 Apr 2025 → 19 Nov 2025 · 10 dates- Planning notice published30 Apr 2025, 14:00 BST
- Market engagement16 May 2025, 23:59 BST
We are reaching out to all suppliers in the market who can provide solutions detailed in the description to invite you to an engagement session on 29 May 2025 in Manchester.
If you would like to book a slot to attend the event, please email highwaysprocurementsupport@manchester.gov.uk before 5pm on 16th May 2025.
Each supplier will be given a 1-hour session to demonstrate the innovative functionality associated with your solution that is available now (not in production) as set out below. We are particularly interested to see features that will make the end-to-end process as efficient as possible.
The format of the session will be as follows:
Introductions (5 mins)
Presentation from supplier (Highlighting efficiency functionality) (15 mins)
Live demonstration of Review Client (15 mins)
Questions from MCC (15 mins)
Questions to MCC (10 mins)
Once we have familiarised ourselves with the functionality available in the market, our specification will be finalised and released along with our procurement timeline.
Please note the following explanation of the Council's approach to preliminary market engagement; the core principle for underpinning our approach is to ensure probity be maintained throughout the process by strict adherence to the following guidelines:
All potential suppliers are informed that they are invited to participate in soft market testing
Any information provided by the authority to a supplier participating in preliminary market engagement will be shared with all suppliers participating in the exercise.
Any information provided by a supplier participating in preliminary market engagement will be deemed as commercially sensitive, and handled by the authority in such a manner as to ensure commercial confidentiality is not violated.
Any information provided by a supplier participating in preliminary market engagement will not be shared with any third party without the express permission and written consent of the participating supplier.
The preliminary market engagement exercise is to be undertaken to ascertain if the Council wished to proceed to a competitive tender process and if so will help inform how such a process is undertaken and will assist the Council to shape their requirements to ensure that they obtain the best solution to meet their needs and that will be most attractive to the market to ensure as much competition as possible.
If the outcome of the preliminary market engagement is such that the authority decides to go out for a competitive tender (N.B: the Council reserves the right not to do so if it so decides or to utilise other procurements routes open to it such as pre-tendered national/regional/other frameworks), then all suppliers who have participated in the preliminary market engagement will be notified of the tendering opportunity.
Participation in the preliminary market engagement does not mean that you will automatically qualify for the tender opportunity and all prospective tenders, irrespective of previous participation, will be required to register and meet the conditions of participation of the tender at that time.
- Tender notice published7 Aug 2025, 11:26 BST
- Clarification questions by28 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent377 days ago15 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published376 days ago15 Oct 2025, 14:32 BST
- Standstill ends367 days ago24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by346 days ago14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts342 days ago19 Nov 2025
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Apr 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Apr 2025, 14:00 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published7 Aug 2025, 11:26 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £6,000,0007 Aug 2025, 11:26 BST
- Status changed to active7 Aug 2025, 11:26 BST
- Procurement method changed7 Aug 2025, 11:26 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST7 Aug 2025, 11:26 BST
- Contract award notice published15 Oct 2025, 14:32 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Oct 2025, 14:32 BST
- Contract signature expected3 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITEDSME, Yunex LimitedVCSE17 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2029 | £6,000,000 | 15 Oct 2025standstill to 24 Oct 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 0 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- wonMARSTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · West Midlands
- wonYUNEX LIMITEDVCSE · South West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- MARSTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITEDFramework contractor
- YUNEX LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specificationsThe Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation r…
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender