BACS Services for HMRC

{
  "id": "050662-2026",
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  "date": "2026-05-29T10:29:00+01:00",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-069286",
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-PPON-PVMW-8599-JZNJ",
    "name": "HM Revenue & Customs"
  },
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    "title": "BACS Services for HMRC",
    "value": {
      "amount": 2100000,
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amountGross": 2520000
    },
    "status": "planning",
    "amendments": [
      {
        "id": "050662-2026",
        "description": "Engagement deadline extended from 1st June to 8th June"
      }
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    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
      "scheme": "UKPGA"
    },
    "description": "Background\nHis Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority and collects the money that pays for the UK's public services and gives financial support to people.\nHMRC is a direct submitter to BACS, leveraging BACS-approved software and providers to submit. HMRC are seeking to engage interested providers in the market who are BACS-Approved Software (BASS) providers and who are able to provide Bacstel-IP services.\nFor the purposes of this PIN, HMRC Commercial are representing HMRC's interests, but are also considering the longer-term implications of Unity in delivery. The Unity programme is a major cross-government programme centred on building shared service capability to modernise and standardise ERP systems across three government departments: HMRC, Department for Transport, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.\nDfT and MHCLG are not direct submitters to BACS and instead use a bureau service to submit payment files to BACS. This is currently provided by PayGate and is due to expire in April 2028.\nIt is currently envisaged that procurement for the new BACS contract(s) will launch per the timescales provided below within this document.\nThis Prior Information Notice (PIN) is issued for notification purposes and does not constitute a formal tender or pre-qualification process, nor does it represent a commitment to procure any goods or services.\nParties should note participation in pre-market engagement will not influence or provide advantage in any future procurement, and that the scope, services, values and timelines referenced are indicative only and subject to change.\nNote the procurement may not go ahead in this and/or any format, and any procurement is subject to relevant internal approvals.\nPIN objectives\nThe purpose of this updated PIN is to:\na)\tadvise the banking industry that HMRC intend to undertake a tendering exercise to award new contract(s) for the provision of BACS;\nb)\tprovide further information on envisaged BACS requirements and the prospective procurement; and\nc)\tinvite potential providers to register (if not already registered) through HMRC's eSourcing system - using the instructions provided below.\nScope of requirement\nHMRC are seeking to re-procure their BACS gateway service. HMRC is a direct submitter to BACS and submits Direct Debits and Direct Credits directly to BACS through a BACS-Approved Software Service .\nThe non-exhaustive list of services under consideration are as follows:\n•\tSecurely send BACS files to Vocalink on behalf of HMRC using a BACS-Approved Software\no\tCapability to process files same-day\no\tCapability to handle high volumes of files\n•\tAbility to configure SUNS for the number of files\n•\tAbility to view Vocalink reports including value and volume of paid, returns, rejected and amendments for audit purposes\n•\tCapability to receive BACS files from HMRC IT supplier\n•\tCapability to convert BACS files into Faster Payments files where needed\n•\tCapability to process Government Grade 3 files\n•\tAbility to process and report on failure or success of transactions\n•\tAvailability of Management Information for HMRC\no\tIncluding but not limited to volume of direct credit and direct debit submitted to Vocalink\n•\tAbility to receive and process Direct Debit payments and set up Direct Debit mandates e.g. send AUDDIS files\n•\tBACS Supplier must be able to retrieve BACS reports from the BACS Payment Services website and display them on the BACS-Tel-IP report service\n•\tOptional: Act as a Bureau to submit payments on behalf of DfT and MHCLG",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2026-09-27T23:59:59+01:00"
    },
    "aboveThreshold": true,
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services"
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  "parties": [
    {
      "id": "GB-PPON-PVMW-8599-JZNJ",
      "name": "HM Revenue & Customs",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ],
      "address": {
        "region": "UKI32",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "SW1A 2BQ",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "100 Parliament Street"
      },
      "details": {
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            "id": "publicAuthorityCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Public authority - central government"
          }
        ]
      },
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PVMW-8599-JZNJ",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "name": "Paris Barnes",
        "email": "paris.barnes1@hmrc.gov.uk"
      }
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
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        "id": "050662-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050662-2026",
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        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2026-06-08T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "Future Procurement\nShould HMRC proceed to a formal procurement, a Planned Procurement Notice will be published on Find a Tender hosted on GOV.UK. Suppliers who do not respond to this PIN will not be excluded from participating in any future tender.\nWe understand that not all organisations may be suited to partner with us. However, if you believe your organisation possesses the relevant skills and is interested in working with one of HM Government's largest departments, please contact paris.barnes1@hmrc.gov.uk to express your interest and to receive further details of this market engagement.\nFurther Details on Registering to use HMRC's eSourcing system\nSuppliers who wish to participate in public procurements are required to register on the Government's Central Digital Platform (CDP). Suppliers can submit their core supplier information and, where a procurement opportunity arises, share this information with HMRC via the CDP. It is free to use and will mean you should no longer have to re-enter your core supplier information for each public procurement, but simply ensure it is up to date and subsequently share as needed. The CDP is available at https://www.gov.uk/find-tender.\nAny future procurement will be conducted by way of an e-Sourcing event using HMRC's SAP Ariba e-Sourcing portal. You must ensure you are registered with the e-Sourcing portal to gain access to the procurement documentation when it is released, which will contain full details of the requirement.\nIf you are not already registered, the registration link is;\nhttp://hmrc.sourcing-eu.ariba.com/ad/selfRegistration\nAs part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you have completed the activation process you will receive a further email confirming the 'registration process is now complete' and providing you with 'your organisation's account ID' number. If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gov.uk (after first checking your spam inbox) notifying them of non-receipt and confirming the date when your registration request was first made.\nOnce you have obtained 'your organisation's account ID' number, please email paris.barnes1@hmrc.gov.uk with the following information:\n- Contract title and Reference\n- Your organisation's HMRC SAP Ariba account ID\n- Your organisation name\n- Your name\n- Your email address\n- Your telephone number\nOnce you have complied with the above, you will receive an email confirming access to the procurement event once it is built. Additionally, should HMRC have any questions for interested Suppliers prior to the event being published (in terms of market engagement and requirement development), the above provided contact details will be used.\nIf you have already registered on SAP Ariba then you may also need to re-register on HMRC's SAP Ariba to be added to this event."
      }
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  "id": "041572-2026",
  "tag": [
    "planning"
  ],
  "date": "2026-05-06T15:34:17+01:00",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-069286",
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-PPON-PVMW-8599-JZNJ",
    "name": "HM Revenue & Customs"
  },
  "tender": {
    "id": "SR2880327822",
    "lots": [
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        "id": "1",
        "status": "planning",
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          "endDate": "2032-02-02T23:59:59Z",
          "startDate": "2027-02-03T00:00:00Z"
        }
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    ],
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            "countryName": "United Kingdom"
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        "additionalClassifications": [
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            "id": "66000000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Financial and insurance services"
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    ],
    "title": "BACS Services for HMRC",
    "value": {
      "amount": 2100000,
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amountGross": 2520000
    },
    "status": "planning",
    "legalBasis": {
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      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
      "scheme": "UKPGA"
    },
    "description": "Background\nHis Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority and collects the money that pays for the UK's public services and gives financial support to people.\nHMRC is a direct submitter to BACS, leveraging BACS-approved software and providers to submit. HMRC are seeking to engage interested providers in the market who are BACS-Approved Software (BASS) providers and who are able to provide Bacstel-IP services.\nFor the purposes of this PIN, HMRC Commercial are representing HMRC's interests, but are also considering the longer-term implications of Unity in delivery. The Unity programme is a major cross-government programme centred on building shared service capability to modernise and standardise ERP systems across three government departments: HMRC, Department for Transport, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. \nDfT and MHCLG are not direct submitters to BACS and instead use a bureau service to submit payment files to BACS. This is currently provided by PayGate and is due to expire in April 2028.\nIt is currently envisaged that procurement for the new BACS contract(s) will launch per the timescales provided below within this document. \nThis Prior Information Notice (PIN) is issued for notification purposes and does not constitute a formal tender or pre-qualification process, nor does it represent a commitment to procure any goods or services. \nParties should note participation in pre-market engagement will not influence or provide advantage in any future procurement, and that the scope, services, values and timelines referenced are indicative only and subject to change. \nNote the procurement may not go ahead in this and/or any format, and any procurement is subject to relevant internal approvals.\nPIN objectives\nThe purpose of this updated PIN is to:\na)\tadvise the banking industry that HMRC intend to undertake a tendering exercise to award new contract(s) for the provision of BACS;\nb)\tprovide further information on envisaged BACS requirements and the prospective procurement; and\nc)\tinvite potential providers to register (if not already registered) through HMRC's eSourcing system - using the instructions provided below.\nScope of requirement\nHMRC are seeking to re-procure their BACS gateway service. HMRC is a direct submitter to BACS and submits Direct Debits and Direct Credits directly to BACS through a BACS-Approved Software Service .\nThe non-exhaustive list of services under consideration are as follows:\n•\tSecurely send BACS files to Vocalink on behalf of HMRC using a BACS-Approved Software \no\tCapability to process files same-day\no\tCapability to handle high volumes of files\n•\tAbility to configure SUNS for the number of files\n•\tAbility to view Vocalink reports including value and volume of paid, returns, rejected and amendments for audit purposes\n•\tCapability to receive BACS files from HMRC IT supplier\n•\tCapability to convert BACS files into Faster Payments files where needed\n•\tCapability to process Government Grade 3 files\n•\tAbility to process and report on failure or success of transactions\n•\tAvailability of Management Information for HMRC\no\tIncluding but not limited to volume of direct credit and direct debit submitted to Vocalink\n•\tAbility to receive and process Direct Debit payments and set up Direct Debit mandates e.g. send AUDDIS files\n•\tBACS Supplier must be able to retrieve BACS reports from the BACS Payment Services website and display them on the BACS-Tel-IP report service  \n•\tOptional: Act as a Bureau to submit payments on behalf of DfT and MHCLG",
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      "futureNoticeDate": "2026-09-27T23:59:59+01:00"
    },
    "aboveThreshold": true,
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  "parties": [
    {
      "id": "GB-PPON-PVMW-8599-JZNJ",
      "name": "HM Revenue & Customs",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ],
      "address": {
        "region": "UKI32",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "SW1A 2BQ",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "100 Parliament Street"
      },
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            "description": "Public authority - central government"
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        "id": "PVMW-8599-JZNJ",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
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        "name": "Paris Barnes",
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      }
    }
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  "planning": {
    "documents": [
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        "id": "041572-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041572-2026",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "datePublished": "2026-05-06T15:34:17+01:00"
      }
    ],
    "milestones": [
      {
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        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2026-06-01T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "Future Procurement \nShould HMRC proceed to a formal procurement, a Planned Procurement Notice will be published on Find a Tender hosted on GOV.UK. Suppliers who do not respond to this PIN will not be excluded from participating in any future tender. \nWe understand that not all organisations may be suited to partner with us. However, if you believe your organisation possesses the relevant skills and is interested in working with one of HM Government's largest departments, please contact paris.barnes1@hmrc.gov.uk to express your interest and to receive further details of this market engagement. \nFurther Details on Registering to use HMRC's eSourcing system\nSuppliers who wish to participate in public procurements are required to register on the Government's Central Digital Platform (CDP). Suppliers can submit their core supplier information and, where a procurement opportunity arises, share this information with HMRC via the CDP. It is free to use and will mean you should no longer have to re-enter your core supplier information for each public procurement, but simply ensure it is up to date and subsequently share as needed. The CDP is available at https://www.gov.uk/find-tender.\nAny future procurement will be conducted by way of an e-Sourcing event using HMRC's SAP Ariba e-Sourcing portal. You must ensure you are registered with the e-Sourcing portal to gain access to the procurement documentation when it is released, which will contain full details of the requirement.\nIf you are not already registered, the registration link is;\nhttp://hmrc.sourcing-eu.ariba.com/ad/selfRegistration\nAs part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you have completed the activation process you will receive a further email confirming the 'registration process is now complete' and providing you with 'your organisation's account ID' number. If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gov.uk (after first checking your spam inbox) notifying them of non-receipt and confirming the date when your registration request was first made.\nOnce you have obtained 'your organisation's account ID' number, please email paris.barnes1@hmrc.gov.uk with the following information:\n- Contract title and Reference\n- Your organisation's HMRC SAP Ariba account ID\n- Your organisation name\n- Your name\n- Your email address\n- Your telephone number\nOnce you have complied with the above, you will receive an email confirming access to the procurement event once it is built. Additionally, should HMRC have any questions for interested Suppliers prior to the event being published (in terms of market engagement and requirement development), the above provided contact details will be used.\nIf you have already registered on SAP Ariba then you may also need to re-register on HMRC's SAP Ariba to be added to this event."
      }
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