Who won: National Parking Platform - Herefordshire

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The National Parking Platform (NPP) is a not-for-profit platform that enables multiple cashless parking payment service providers to operate through a single national infrastructure, allowing motorists to use participating payment applications across connected parking locations. Originally developed through the Department for Transport's National Parking Platform programme, the platform is now operated independently and is governed collaboratively by local authorities, parking service providers, and the British Parking Association. The contract is for an initial term of two years, with options to extend in successive 12-month periods. Due to limitations within the structured notice fields, a 10-year contract duration has been stated. Herefordshire Council intends to enter into this contract by way of a direct award pursuant to Section 41 and Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 & 6 of the Procurement Act 202 Schedule 5, Paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023 provides that a direct award may be made where: "The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract- (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or

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