Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/007

Contact: Keith Stenning, Head of Network Management (Keith.Stenning@oxfordshire.gov.uk) and Cathy Champion, Operations Manager – Civil Enforcement (Cathy.Champion@oxfordshire.gov.uk). 

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CA12).

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

a) Approve the preferred service model and procurement strategy (enhanced multi contractor) for the Civil Enforcement and Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) operation.

b) Support progression to the next stage of the project, that being the development and drafting of the specification, contract, and other tender documents required for procurement.

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a report on proposals for a preferred service model and procurement strategy (enhanced multi contractor) for the Council’s Civil Enforcement and Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) operation.

Councillor Andrew Gant, Cabinet Member for Transport Management, presented the report.  He explained that this was the second of three cabinet stages for the civil enforcement procurement contract. The third stage would involve moving towards the go-live of the new contract next year.

Councillor Gant highlighted several key features of the recommended model.

During discussion, members expressed support for the proposed model, emphasising the importance of flexibility in the new contract. They noted that issues around dangerous parking were a common concern among residents and highlighted the need for flexibility in terms of where and when enforcement took place. The importance of ensuring that the contractor could recruit enough staff to carry out enforcement effectively was emphasised.

Members echoed the need for flexibility, particularly in adapting to new technologies and maintaining free pavement space. They emphasised the importance of the new contract in supporting the Council's efforts to keep social spaces in town centres free from obstructive parking.

Councillor Gant moved and Councillor Fawcett seconded the recommendations, and they were approved.

RESOLVED to:-

a)    approve the preferred service model and procurement strategy (enhanced multi contractor) for the Civil Enforcement and Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) operation.

b)    support progression to the next stage of the project, that being the development and drafting of the specification, contract, and other tender documents required for procurement.