Decision details

1.    To carry out a mini competition exercise for the provision of CCTV enforcement cameras through the TTAS (Transport Technology and Associated Services) framework Lot 2, to allow the council to continue to be agile in its enforcement of moving traffic offences.

2.    To note that the mini competition through the TTAS framework is to allow for an efficient procurement so that the council can continue to maintain and expand its camera network while a more comprehensive framework contract is generated this financial year.

Switching to unattended cameras is cost effective as they are more efficient and require less infrastructure. They are more resilient and less susceptible to issues resulting in system unavailability. They can also capture more potential contraventions than officers and can be operated without the need for a dedicated control room improving service resilience. They are also re-deployable if required

A mini competition would allow for efficient procurement and once the contract was raised the Parking department could begin the implementation plan immediately. Due diligence has also been completed on the framework to ensure this procurement is compliant.

If a full tender was to take place, due to the timescales involved in a competition as well as implementation timescales of a new supplier, then any go-live date would be necessarily close to the end of the 2024/25 financial year. At which time the CCTV enforcement framework should be live and this could be used instead as a preferred solution.