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Retail and Town Centres - advice for town centre strategies and the Local Plan

North Hertfordshire District Council (the 'Council') is issuing this Invitation to Tender as a Further Competition under Lot 1 Pay & Display Solutions of ESPO Framework 509_23. The Council would like all council managed car parks (where there are parking charges) to have new upgraded parking payment machines installed over a phased basis over a two-year financial period starting late 2023/24 and completing in 2024/25. The Council is looking to replace all current pay and display machines within the car parks listed in section 2. The Council may decide to replace fewer machines than currently situated in any of the locations listed. It would therefore be the supplier's responsibility to dispose of these machines and make good the area now not required to house a machine along with any ancillary works actioned. A Communications and PR campaign is essential to ensure that users are educated on the new systems with supplied resource including videos, signage, and back-office training. The successful supplier should be aware that there are different parking tariffs in operation across the council owned car parks. This includes within individual towns. There is a peak parking tariff and off-peak parking tariff in many of the towns. For example, in Royston, there is an initiative in place where parking is free from 3pm each day. And in Hitchin Town Centre, there is a flat rate after 3pm. The successful supplier understands the parking tariff structures in place, as well as any subsidised parking to ensure the new parking payment machines are setup correctly prior to implementation on-site. The Council requires the successful supplier to outline the process for tariff adjustments during the contract period, to ensure this meets with the Council's requirements. This project has now been awarded.

North Hertfordshire District Council (the 'Council') is issuing this Invitation to Tender as a Further Competition under Lot 1 Pay & Display Solutions of ESPO Framework 509_23. The Council would like all council managed car parks (where there are parking charges) to have new upgraded parking payment machines installed over a phased basis over a two-year financial period starting late 2023/24 and completing in 2024/25. The Council is looking to replace all current pay and display machines within the car parks listed in section 2. The Council may decide to replace fewer machines than currently situated in any of the locations listed. It would therefore be the supplier's responsibility to dispose of these machines and make good the area now not required to house a machine along with any ancillary works actioned. A Communications and PR campaign is essential to ensure that users are educated on the new systems with supplied resource including videos, signage, and back-office training. The successful supplier should be aware that there are different parking tariffs in operation across the council owned car parks. This includes within individual towns. There is a peak parking tariff and off-peak parking tariff in many of the towns. For example, in Royston, there is an initiative in place where parking is free from 3pm each day. And in Hitchin Town Centre, there is a flat rate after 3pm. The successful supplier understands the parking tariff structures in place, as well as any subsidised parking to ensure the new parking payment machines are setup correctly prior to implementation on-site. The Council requires the successful supplier to outline the process for tariff adjustments during the contract period, to ensure this meets with the Council's requirements. This project has now been awarded.

North Hertfordshire Council (the Council) is embarking on an ambitious project to improve the customer experience in all of its car parks and will be installing new upgraded parking payment machines over an 18 to 24 month period. The new machines are capable of providing cash, card payments, Apple Pay, Android Pay, Google Pay, QR code payments, and tap in and tap out options. As a consequence, the Council is looking for a supplier for a 5 year period to supply and install new signs and tariff boards, remove existing signs and tariff boards, and maintain the new signage across all car parks to make it clear to customers about all of the new requirements, including but not limited to, the available payment options.

North Herts Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified consultant team to undertake a whole plan viability assessment to demonstrate the deliverability of the emerging Local Plan, in line with national requirements. The study will: * Consider the cumulative impact on development viability of national planning policies as they apply to North Herts and the policies in the Local Plan as they are developed, including affordable housing requirements, planning obligations/CIL, together with other standards and policy requirements applicable to various development types. * In accordance with national guidance, test the impact of proposed policies on the deliverability of a range of typologies across the district. A range of sites should be assessed to provide a robust approach across the district and its various development markets. * Model various scenarios and variables in relation to planning policy requirements, densities, grant funding and trends in development values and build costs. Sensitivity testing should consider options for different policy priorities. * Draw upon expert evidence relating to assumptions and inputs into the viability assessment, including development values, build costs, benchmark land values and appropriate levels of return relevant to the North Herts market. In determining inputs to the model, the consultant should consider the need to engage with landowners, developers and housing providers to ensure those inputs are robust. The study should be consistent with requirements set out in the Government's National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) and any updates as appropriate.