The maintenance of VCA Certified ANPR Camera Systems for Moving Traffic Enforcement

Description

Leicester City Council currently owns and operates 30 ANPR/camera enforcement sites supplied and installed by Yunex Traffic as part of the council’s statutory parking and moving traffic enforcement operations.The contract is being awarded as a Direct Award in line with the Transparency Notice that was published on 30th April https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040125-2026The direct award is justified under Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, specificallywhere a contract may be awarded without competition where the goods or services canonly be supplied by a particular supplier due to technical reasons or the protection ofexclusive rights (including intellectual property rights).Leicester City Council currently owns 30 operational ANPR/enforcement camera sitessupplied and installed by Yunex Traffic. These assets are proprietary systems developedand manufactured by Yunex Traffic and are protected by intellectual property rightsrelating to the hardware configuration, firmware, evidential processing software andsystem integration.The complete package of the camera and its associated software, systems and securecommunications operate under VCA type approval meaning the evidential capture,calibration, data transmission and processing must be maintained in accordance withstrict VCA certification requirements. Only Yunex Traffic has the technical authority,proprietary access and certified tools required to maintain our existing cameraenforcement sites. This includes installing necessary firmware/security updates andreplacing defective parts to maintain the VCA certification and ensure continued evidentialcompliance.No alternative supplier has access to the proprietary systems required to maintain thesecameras without invalidating certification, breaching intellectual property rights orcompromising evidential integrity. As such, no other suppliers can come forward tomaintain these cameras due to these technical reasons and the protection of exclusiverights applies.NOTE: The first UK6 Contract Award Notice was submitted on 14 May 2026. Due to a system error outside the Council's control, the notice was not published despite the system indicating that the submission had been successful. The issue was only identified when preparing the UK7 Contract Details Notice. This explains the gap between the UK5 and UK6 notices.

Key facts

Reference

NOV673713

Procedure

Direct award

Contact

Pamela Chirara

pamela.chirara@leicester.gov.uk

+44 1164543502

Contract period

16 Nov 2026 → 15 Nov 2029

Value incl. VAT

£916k

Category

Goods

Awarded suppliers

• Yunex Limited · GB-PPON-PGWD-4453-BRJJ · UKK24, GB

Supplier location as published: Dorset, UKK24, BH17 7ER, GB