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title: "E-Payments System - Soft Market Test"
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# E-Payments System - Soft Market Test

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/e-payments-system-soft-market-test-ocds-h6vhtk-03e42e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Somerset Council: "E-Payments System - Soft Market Test". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Somerset Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/somerset-council-ons-e06000066)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial systems software package
- **Delivery Location:** UKK23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03e42e`

## 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/e-payments-system-soft-market-test-ocds-h6vhtk-03e42e#tl-md)

## Description
Somerset Council is in the South West of England, an elected local government authority responsible for the local government services in most of the county. The Council provides a wide range of services, including education (schools, libraries and youth services), social services, highway maintenance, waste collection & waste disposal, emergency planning, consumer protection and town and country planning.
Having recently merged to a Unitary authority we are currently running 5 contracts across 3 suppliers and wish to consolidate these.  Some of the contracts include income management systems and some do not.
Somerset Council seek to procure an e-Payment solution that is PCI DSS compliant and that delivers an excellent customer experience/journey.  We are also seeking to procure an income management system, which may or may not be part of a single end to end e-Payment solution.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** Somerset Council is in the South West of England, an elected local government authority responsible for the local government services in most of the county. The Council provides a wide range of services, including education (schools, libraries and yo...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021081-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-07-21T10:41:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T15:06:38.282Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03e42e