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NSL ‘wins’ multi-million-pound parking contract
PARKING giants NSL Services were late last night (Wednesday) understood to have beaten away competition from rival firms to win a multi-million-pound contract to retain the right to run Camden’s warden service.
The new deal is the most lucrative ever offered by the Town Hall, worth around £55million.
The winning bidder has the opportunity to collect even more cash if an initial six-year deal is extended for a further two years. That decision will depend on whether the council likes what it sees from a new-look set-up in which councillors will tell contractors to be the “eyes and ears” on the streets and to play an “ambassadorial” role.
Senior councillors with the final say on who gets the contract spent last night discussing the terms of the deal in a cabinet meeting.
Three companies were in the final running, although due to local government rules, their names were excluded from paperwork shown to the public.
Insiders suggested the successful company was NSL Services, which has held a contract with the council for the last five years, winning it before the company broke away from the National Car Parks group. The firm also hold a contract for similar work in neighbouring Westminster.
Liberal Democrat Councillor James King said “the excitable local press” concentrated on parking tickets but that he wanted to see more from wardens – now known as “Civil Enforcement Officers” – in the future.
It is thought they will be asked to report any problems they see on the street, even if they are not strictly related to issuing parking tickets.
The winning company was said to have supplied a “full, detailed and comprehensive tender”.
A particular strength flagged up in a council report was said to be “relevant experience”. |
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