Council pays £1.6m to settle parking enforcement contract dispute

Oxfordshire County Council reviews procurement processes after challenge by incumbent enforcement contractor Marston Holdings

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Street parking in Oxford

Errors made during the awarding of a parking enforcement contract have cost a council more than £1.6m. Oxfordshire County Council has published the findings of an external review launched after the existing parking enforcement contractor made a successful challenge to the local authority’s procurement award process.

The report, which was presented to the authority’s audit and governance committee on 3 March revealed the authority paid more than £1.6m after it agreed to...

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