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title: "LCC Merchant Acquiring and Associated Services"
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# LCC Merchant Acquiring and Associated Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lcc-merchant-acquiring-and-associated-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f10b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Lincolnshire County Council: "LCC Merchant Acquiring and Associated Services". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £400,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Lincolnshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lincolnshire-county-council-ons-e10000019)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Processing and clearing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lcc-merchant-acquiring-and-associated-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f10b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f10b`

## 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/lcc-merchant-acquiring-and-associated-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f10b#tl-md)

## 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.
The 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).
The requirement also includes the provision of sale (POS) terminals for face-to-face and unattended payment transactions.
Within 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.
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 66133000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2027 to 30/03/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F084615-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-18T16:48:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T00:45:50.773Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05f10b