Official UK procurement notice
ePayment System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: London Borough of Merton (Local council)
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: London (UKI63)
Published estimate£600,000≈ £150k / year · £600,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 6 Jul 2026
Contract term 4 yrsends 4 Jul 2031 · up to 4 Jul 2033 with extensions · starts 5 Jul 2027
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Merton (“the Authority”) is seeking to undertake soft market testing to understand suppliers that can provide platform, implementation, maintenance, and support for an ePayments and Income Receipting solution.
- No preliminary market engagement: Unfortunately, the preliminary market engagement notice was prepared but not issued. EOI covering the market engagement notice and market engagement were issued.
CPV: Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£600,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Contract Delivery: 45%
- Price: 50%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Price: Cost Weighting
- Contract Delivery: Quality Weighting
- Social Value
What this means for your bid
- 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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jun 2026, 07:01 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2026, 07:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
DN794653- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057804- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b88cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 6 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 6 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
19 Jun 2026 → 5 Jul 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published130 days ago19 Jun 2026, 07:01 BST
- Clarification questions by125 days ago24 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline113 days ago6 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by77 days ago10 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 250 days5 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published19 Jun 2026, 07:01 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender