Awarded 7 September 2026
Planned maintenance programme for all car parking pay and display solutions
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council · East of England
Parking meters tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
79 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
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Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
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79 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest parking meters contracts awarded
Awarded 14 July 2026
Supply of parking equipment spare parts, payment processing and web based reporting system
Wirral Council
Awarded 9 July 2026
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Car Parking Equipment and removal and disposal of replaced parking machines and associated equipment. Lot 2 - Pay on Foot Solutions
Swindon Borough Council
Awarded 2 July 2026
Maintenance and Hosting Agreement
Stoke-on-Trent City Council · West Midlands
Awarded 25 June 2026
Parking Ticket Machines
Gedling Borough Council
Who wins · 24 months to October 2026
Flowbird won the most parking meters contracts
IPS Group won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsOther public bodies
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flowbird South East · SME · See every contract | 24 | £6.9m | 22 | ||
| 2 | IPS Group Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 21 | £7.7m | 15 | ||
| 3 | Metric Group Ltd West Midlands · SME · See every contract | 13 | £3.2m | 11 | ||
| 4joint | SCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITED East of England · SME · See every contract | 3 | £1.2m | 3 | ||
| 4joint | International parking systems Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 3 | £241k | 2 | ||
| 4joint | NAGELS (UK) LTD North East · SME · See every contract | 3 | £170k | 3 | ||
| 7joint | Marston Holdings Scotland · See every contract | 1 | £1.3m | 1 | ||
| 7joint | WPS United Kingdom Ltd North East · See every contract | 1 | £126k | 1 | ||
| 7joint | Ringo Limited South East · See every contract | 1 | £90k | 1 | ||
| 7joint | Provisionmate West Midlands · See every contract | 1 | £81k | 1 |
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Who buys
Councils award 92% of parking meters contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
15 buyers bought parking meters more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many parking meters contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
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Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many parking meters contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
CouncilsOther public bodies
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Yorkshire Council | 3 | £3.3m |
| 2 | Perth & Kinross Council | 3 | £1.3m |
| 3 | Plymouth City Council | 3 | £156k |
| 4 | City of Doncaster Council | 3 | £76k |
| 5 | Hull City Council | 2 | £720k |
| 6 | Newcastle City Council | 2 | £719k |
| 7 | Herefordshire Council | 2 | £707k |
| 8 | Buckinghamshire Council | 2 | £428k |
| 9 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council | 2 | £422k |
| 10 | Dundee City Council | 2 | £375k |
Prices
Half of parking meters contracts are worth less than £140k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsOther public bodies
The 10 biggest contracts hold 56% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- North Yorkshire CouncilIPS Group · 16 Feb 2026
- Perth & Kinross CouncilFlowbird · 18 Dec 2024
- Social Security ScotlandFlowbird · 18 Dec 2024
- Forestry and Land ScotlandMarston Holdings · 21 Mar 2025
- Forestry EnglandFlowbird · 3 Dec 2024
- East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilMetric Group Ltd · 22 May 2026
- Warwickshire County CouncilIPS Group · 20 Mar 2025
- Newcastle City CouncilFlowbird · 25 Feb 2026
- Swindon Borough CouncilSCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITED · 9 Jul 2026
- Cotswold District CouncilFlowbird · 16 Apr 2026
Where and when
Yorkshire and the Humber awards the most parking meters contracts
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 13 | £5.5m |
| East of England | 10 | £1.8m |
| South East | 9 | £1.1m |
| West Midlands | 8 | £2.2m |
| South West | 6 | £803k |
| Scotland | 6 | £3.2m |
| North East | 5 | £1.1m |
| East Midlands | 4 | £207k |
| North West | 2 | £494k |
| London | 1 | £31k |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | Not published |
| Wales | 0 | Not published |
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Deadlines
Half of parking meters tenders close within 30 days of being published
Each dot is a parking meters tender published across the UK in the last 24 months, by how many days it was open. 67% closed within a month. Spot one a week late and 23% of the time to respond has gone.
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Key findings
- 30 days
is how long the typical parking meters tender is open, from publication to deadline.
Median of 12 UK parking meters tenders published in the last 24 months. - 56%
of the money is in the 10 biggest parking meters contracts.
Of 74 contracts with a published value. - 59%
of parking meters contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 59 award notices.
Questions
How many parking meters contracts does the UK public sector award?
79 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 60 public buyers.
How long are parking meters tenders open for?
The median parking meters tender is open for 30 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector parking meters contract worth?
The median is £140k, and 72% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector parking meters contracts?
Flowbird won the most (24). IPS Group won the most by value (£7.7m).
Which buyers award the most parking meters contracts?
Councils award 92% of them.
What is included
Supply, upgrade and maintenance of on-street and car park payment terminals (pay and display and pay-on-foot machines taking cash, card and contactless) and the vendor back office that monitors them, reports income and manages tariffs.
- Pay and display and car park payment terminals (Flowbird Strada and similar)
- Card and contactless upgrades of existing machines
- Park and ride payment machines
- Machine management back office from the terminal vendor
- Consumables for pay and display machines, such as tickets and thermal rolls
What is not included
- Pay-by-phone and app parking payments -> it.lob.cashless-parking-payments
- Permit, enforcement and PCN back office -> it.lob.parking-permits-and-enforcement
- ATMs and airport self-service kiosks -> it.hw.self-service-kiosks
- Barriers and ANPR car park access equipment -> not IT