Decision details

The extension of the contract will provide a seamless transition to the new corporate arrangement and will ensure that parking and bus lane restrictions continue to be enforced and that debtors do not suffer any uncertainty due to temporary suspension of debt collection.

Parking Services currently employ a debt recovery contractor to collect unpaid Penalty Charge Notices issued to motorists for parking illegally or driving in bus lanes. Bristol City Council’s Cabinet took a decision on 18th January to adopt a new corporate approach to debt recovery. Part of this new approach is to tender for a corporate debt recovery contract. It was originally envisaged that this contract would be operational by 1st September and so to cover the interim period Parking Services extended its contract to 31st August. It is now anticipated that the contract will be operational by 1st December 2022 and therefore the contract should be further extended until 30th November 2022.

Option 1 - The only alternative is not extending the contract. This would have a detrimental impact on the enforcement of parking and traffic restrictions and would lead to a suspension of enforcement activities which in turn could lead to uncertainty.
Option 2 -
Option 3 -