Both parties are interested in raising the quality standards, which can be subject to poor work including conflicting signs and worn away road markings, due to the lack of regulation and oversight in some areas.
The RSMA, whose members provide much of the road and parking markings and accident reduction products across the country, has recently been working to highlight poor practice in the private sector.
Clear as mud - poor marking in private car parks
Chief executive of the RSMA, George Lee, said: ‘The biggest area of unregulated work is actually private schemes that are undertaken by private clients and we have identified in our surveys some appalling work.
‘We are looking at whether we can work with organisations like the British Parking Association to bring in some quality control element to private works that actually drives the cowboy element out of the market.
'What we are hoping to achieve is a minimum standard of quality across all private car parks. That will take time to roll out but a piecemeal approach would not provide the necessary momentum. We want to say these are the standards that drivers and customers should expect.'
The two bodies have an initial meeting scheduled for January next year.
A BPA spokeswoman said it was too early to comment on the talks but the association was committed to raising standards.
The BPA is the largest professional association in Europe representing around 650 organisations in the parking and traffic management community.
