Official UK procurement notice
Card Acquiring Tender · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Chester (Charity / VCSE)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Award Notice follows the University of Chester seeking tenders for its card acquiring which includes the processing, authorisation and settlement of the University’s debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce). The University is seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective merchant service arrangements which will be capable of meeting future market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. It is looking for a relationship with an organisation which it can be confident will fulfil all the University’s current and future requirements. Please note the values in this notice are rounded up and are for the full potential 7 years of the contract including optional extension periods.
CPV: Banking services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This award notice follows University of Chester having tendered for card acquiring…AwardedRenewalPublished value£750,000
This award notice follows University of Chester having tendered for card acquiring which includes the processing, authorisation and settlement of the University’s debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce). The University was seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective merchant service arrangements which will be capable of meeting future market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. The values entered into this notice are rounded up and for the value of the full 7 years including optional extensions.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Evaluation: 50%
- Pricing Evaluation: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Evaluation: 50
- Pricing Evaluation: 50
- Suitability
As stated in the procurement documents.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 21 Feb 2024, 16:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2024, 15:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Mar 2024 – …
- Authority reference
2024-Feb-03- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-023081- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043becFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
As guided by UK Procurement law.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
28 Mar 2024 → 24 Jul 2024 · 4 dates- Bids opened28 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline5 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published24 Jul 2024, 15:51 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Mar 2024- Deadline moved to 5 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST21 Mar 2024, 16:20 GMT+8 days · was 28 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete24 Jul 2024, 15:51 BST
- Buyer details updated24 Jul 2024, 15:51 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 28 Mar 2024 | 5 Apr 2024 | +8 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Payments | £250,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Card Acquiring Tender · Global Payments
- Signed
- 2 Jul 2024
- Value
- £250,000
- Period
- … – 30 Jun 2031
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Global PaymentsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria