Plymouth City Council currently have over 180 parking machines that were supplied, installed, and maintained by IPS UK Ltd and Flowbird UK Ltd.
The machines generate an income in excess of £2m per annum to the parking trade account, from both on street and off street locations including Card and Cash facilities.
The machines currently in place age from 1 to 22 years and require a significant amount of maintenance each year to keep operational, this includes twice yearly servicing and on call reactive maintenance plan.

An annual contract is therefore required to support this function in order maintain the service to customers and to protect the income and assets for the Council.