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# Card Acquiring Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/card-acquiring-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-043bec). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Chester: "Card Acquiring Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £750,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Chester](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-chester-urn-133802)
- **Published Value:** £750,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 April 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Banking services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £250,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/card-acquiring-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-043bec#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043bec`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/card-acquiring-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-043bec#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofchester)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/card-acquiring-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-043bec#participate

## Description
This 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66110000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £750,000
- **Description:** 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...
- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2024 to 30/06/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Card Acquiring Tender (active)
  - Award id: `023081-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Global Payments**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-119396`
  - Value: £250,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Card Acquiring Tender (active)
  - Signed Value: £250,000
  - Signed Date: 01/07/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023081-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-24T14:51:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:21:59.399Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-043bec