Cloud-Based Downtown Parking Management System

The City of Marietta is seeking a vendor to provide a cloud-based, comprehensive downtown parking management system to address vehicle occupancy tracking and reduce circulating traffic. The agency requires sensing technology capable of detecting the presence and duration of vehicle occupancy at individual on-street spaces, surface lots, and structured deck levels. The primary problem the agency is trying to solve is the enforcement of the posted two-hour parking limit, which currently burdens sworn officers. The scope of work covers a scalable solution that reliably detects when a vehicle exceeds the two-hour limit with minimal false positives. The system must integrate with existing city systems, including geographic information systems, identity management, reporting, finance, and citation processing. The agency also requires integration with navigation applications like Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Waze, alongside a web-based parking availability map for downtown visitors. For enforcement operations, the agency requires mobile applications that provide officers with a dashboard of spaces and current dwell-time status. The solution must integrate with existing handheld ticketing devices or citation management systems and support role-based access control for multiple departments. The agency is also requesting optional text or app-based notification services and dynamic digital signage at key intersections to display real-time space counts. Bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States to be eligible for this opportunity. The performance of the work will take place offsite, and bidders can submit their responses digitally via email or online. The agency is looking for proposals to determine the budget for this project. All questions regarding this opportunity must be submitted no later than July 7, 2026.