LCC Merchant Acquiring and Associated Services

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  "date": "2025-12-18T16:48:05Z",
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            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Processing and clearing services"
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    "title": "LCC Merchant Acquiring and Associated Services",
    "value": {
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amountGross": 400000
    },
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    "amendments": [
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        "id": "084615-2025",
        "description": "Please note the deadline for submission of the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire has been extended to 24/12/2025 at 17:00"
      }
    ],
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
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    "description": "Lincolnshire County Council requires a merchant acquiring facility to work alongside a regulated payment services provider to process card payments on its behalf.  The payment services provider will arrange authorisation from the customer’s card issuer or bank and then collect those funds and pay them to the Council.\nThe payment acceptance process will securely receive payments via cards, digital wallets, payment gateways and online platforms. The provider will process transactions through card issuers like Visa or Mastercard, checks fund availability, transfers payments to the Council, and ensure compliance with Payment Card Industry and Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).\nThe requirement also includes the provision of sale (POS) terminals for face-to-face and unattended payment transactions.\nWithin the Council’s structure there are a number of service areas where card payment acceptance processing is required.  The Council has identified a number of dependencies with other providers that would need to be taken account of as part of any implementation process.\nThe Contract is anticipated to run for a period of 4 years, commencing 1st April 2027 and expiring 31st March 2031.  There will be an option for the Council to extend the Contract by a period or periods of up to 24 months to ultimately expire 31st March 2033.",
    "communication": {
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    },
    "aboveThreshold": true,
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services"
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Lincoln",
        "postalCode": "LN1 1YL",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "County Offices, Newland"
      },
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      "identifier": {
        "id": "PGRB-3736-CHZN",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
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      "contactPoint": {
        "name": "Fiona Fielding",
        "email": "fiona.fielding@lincolnshire.gov.uk"
      }
    }
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        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084615-2025",
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        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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      }
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    "milestones": [
      {
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        "dueDate": "2025-12-24T23:59:59Z",
        "description": "Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) is looking to procure Merchant Acquiring and Associated Services, including the acceptance of payments via face to face or point of sale (POS) terminals, over the phone or on line.\nWe are seeking to bring awareness to the market of an upcoming opportunity and understand the market’s preferred approached to a number of key issues to inform the decision-making process.\nThe attached Questionnaire is in two sections.  Section A provides the topics that we would like to discuss, and an overview of the requirement and Section B contains the market engagement questionnaire.\nLincolnshire County Council (LCC) welcomes discussion about its requirement for Merchant Acquiring and Associated Services. This Market Engagement will focus on the below points:\nImplementation Length, Resources and Costs\nFee Structure: Transactions and non-transactional fees\nContract Management\nPCI Compliance / Data Protection\nTerms and Conditions\nOther Services Offered\nOther Information\nSuppliers are requested to download and complete the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire and return the completed form via the Panacea e-sourcing system https://app.panacea-software.com/lcc/Login.aspx"
      }
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  },
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  "date": "2025-12-08T15:57:16Z",
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    },
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        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
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      },
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        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080743-2025",
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        "description": "Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) is looking to procure Merchant Acquiring and Associated Services, including the acceptance of payments via face to face or point of sale (POS) terminals, over the phone or on line.\nWe are seeking to bring awareness to the market of an upcoming opportunity and understand the market’s preferred approached to a number of key issues to inform the decision-making process.\nThe attached Questionnaire is in two sections.  Section A provides the topics that we would like to discuss, and an overview of the requirement and Section B contains the market engagement questionnaire.\nLincolnshire County Council (LCC) welcomes discussion about its requirement for Merchant Acquiring and Associated Services. This Market Engagement will focus on the below points:\nImplementation Length, Resources and Costs\nFee Structure: Transactions and non-transactional fees\nContract Management\nPCI Compliance / Data Protection\nTerms and Conditions\nOther Services Offered\nOther Information\nSuppliers are requested to download and complete the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire and return the completed form via the Panacea e-sourcing system https://app.panacea-software.com/lcc/Login.aspx"
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