Decision details

The Cabinet considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) which informed Members that the Council was working with a parking consultant to review the Parking Enforcement Contract with NSL to ensure that the authority was getting value for money and carrying out all the services within current legislation. The review by industry experts would allow the Council to benefit from good industry practices and maximise the services provided to Oldham residents. To deliver these benefits additional time was needed to ensure all aspects of the service were to be reviewed.  An extension to the existing Parking Enforcement Contract with NSL was therefore required to deliver the review and then, depending on the outcome, the retender of the external contract, depending on the outcome of the review.

The Cabinet were advised that the current Parking Enforcement Contract with NSL was due to expire in June 2024. To ensure that the Council continued to receive value for money it was therefore considered prudent to conduct a service review to explore whether it would be appropriate to bring the service in-house or if the Council should continue with an external contractor. To do this, the existing Parking Enforcement Contract with NSL needed to be extended to allow the council to work with industry experts (Parking Matters) and review the current service provision and potentially to support the writing of a tender for future parking services in Oldham.

Options/alternatives considered:

Options and alternatives are to be considered at item 17 of the agenda.

Resolved:

That the Cabinet would consider the commercially sensitive information at item 17 of the agenda before making a decision thereon.