Official UK procurement notice
Digital Payments and Associated Data Services
Authority: Government Commercial Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service (CCS), as the Authority is intending to put in place a collaborative agreement, designed to deliver a Digital Payments & Associated Data Services framework, accessible to all of the Public Sector. This forthcoming framework which aims to drive Payments and Financial Data innovation, is intended to simplify, accelerate, and enhance access to solutions. It will provide a compliant procurement route to market that delivers value and innovation, moving towards a future where financial data provides actionable intelligence.
The procurement of this framework will be let under the new Procurement Act 2023 Regulations and will be designed to cover a broad spectrum of Digital Payments and Associated Data Services, including:
- Digital Payment Management: Handling the processing and administration of both incoming and outgoing digital payments.
- High-Volume Transaction Capabilities: Facilitating the execution of large-scale, bulk payment types
- Enhanced Security and Data Insights: Using financial data to provide operational transparency, minimise processing errors, and effectively reduce fraud.
To inform the design and development of this new framework, CCS will conduct extensive market consultation and engagement, commencing in March 2026 and running through to September 2026.
This period of consultation is designed to:
- Gather insights from Industry Experts, Buyers and Suppliers, to shape the final procurement strategy.
- Discuss and validate the potential requirements for the resulting framework.
- Provide a platform for prospective bidders to share expertise to help deliver a framework that is relative to the market.
The engagement will be structured into numerous phases, focusing on key areas:
- Payment Acceptance & Gateway Services
- Open Banking Services (Payment Initiation, CVRP & Confirmation of Payee)
- Bulk & Recurring Payment Fulfillment (BACS, Direct Debit/Credit, Faster Payments)
- Payment Orchestration and Alternative Financial Innovation
CPV: Financial analysis and accounting software development services · Financial and insurance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Sept 2027
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
- “Digital Payments and Associated Data Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Government Commercial Agency runs Programming services of packaged software products (CPV 7221) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up
Government Commercial Agency procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Programming services of packaged software products (CPV 7221) →
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside North West England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 138 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid7% / 18%
2–354% / 24%
4–65% / 0%
7+35% / 59%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 7221Published estimate£1.2bn
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 21 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–343%
4–629%
7+24%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Dec 2025, 10:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2026, 10:48 GMT
- Authority reference
RM6411- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-025033- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fe70Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
31 Dec 2025 → 1 Sept 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published294 days ago31 Dec 2025, 10:04 GMT
- Latest notice published216 days ago19 Mar 2026, 10:48 GMT
- Market engagement50 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
CCS will conduct a webinar providing further detail, followed by multi-stage market engagement from March 2026 through September 2026.
Engagement will be with both Buyers and Suppliers and will be categorised into four stages:
- Stage 1: Payment Acceptance & Gateway Services.
- Stage 2: Open Banking Services (Payment Initiation, Account Information, and Confirmation of Payee).
- Stage 3: Bulk & Recurring Payment fulfillment.
- Stage 4: Payment Orchestration and Alternative Financial Innovation.
How to Participate:
Action: Using the template below, please email your expression of interest to: [email protected]
The deadline for expressions of interest will be no later than Thursday 12th March 2026.
Timeline: Market engagement sessions are scheduled to commence from April 2026.
Expressions of Interest Template:
I am writing to formally express [Company Name/ Buyers Name]'s interest in participating in the upcoming market engagement sessions for the Digital Payments & Associated Data Services framework.
We understand that CCS is seeking to drive innovation through this new agreement, and we are keen to contribute our expertise to the consultation process.
Based on our capabilities, we would like to register our attendance for the following stages:
- [Delete as appropriate: Stage 1: Payment Acceptance & Gateway Services]
- [Delete as appropriate: Stage 2: Open Banking Services]
- [Delete as appropriate: Stage 3: Bulk & Recurring Payment Fulfillment]
- [Delete as appropriate: Stage 4: Payment Orchestration and Alternative Financial Innovation]
Primary Contact Details:
- Name: [Name of Attendee/Lead]
- Job Title: [Job Title]
- Email: [Email Address]
- Phone: [Phone Number]
We look forward to receiving further details regarding the session dates and agendas.
Yours sincerely,
[Your Name] [Your Job Title] [Company Name]
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 133 days3 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 314 days1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Dec 2025- Pipeline notice published31 Dec 2025, 10:04 GMTUK1
- Pipeline notice published18 Feb 2026, 19:51 GMTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Feb 2026, 15:27 GMTUK2
- Pipeline notice published25 Feb 2026, 11:48 GMTUK1
- Pipeline notice published16 Mar 2026, 14:32 GMTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Mar 2026, 10:48 GMTUK2
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-02: 2 releases · 18 Feb 2026, 19 Feb 2026
- 2025-12: 1 release · 31 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender