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# Merchant Acquirer, Equipment and Payment Gateway Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/merchant-acquirer-equipment-and-payment-gateway-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0288d5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Glasgow City Council: "Merchant Acquirer, Equipment and Payment Gateway Services". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Glasgow City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/glasgow-city-council-ons-s12000049)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Banking services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM82
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0288d5`

## 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/merchant-acquirer-equipment-and-payment-gateway-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0288d5#tl-md)

## Description
The Council has an ongoing requirement for Merchant Acquirer and Payment Gateway services (also known as MAS) to allow the Council to accept payments by debit and credit cards.
Merchant Acquiring Services are an integral part of the debit and credit card payment transaction process. The services are required to enable merchants and retailers (in this case the Council) to accept card payments, with the acquirer acting as the link between the Council, the card association (e.g. Visa or Mastercard) and the issuing bank for the customer’s payment card.   The acquirer collects the card based payments from the issuing bank and credits the Council’s nominated bank account with the customer’s payment.
The services enable the processing, authorisation and settlement of customer payments by debit and credit card where these have been made to the Council in person, by telephone or online.
The Merchant Acquirer is responsible for transferring payment for income streams including Council Tax, Non Domestic Rates and other sundry debt income. The Council requires this service to be provided without interruption as the supplier underpins the collection of income.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Merchant Acquiring Services is an integral part of the debit and credit card payment transaction process. The services are required to enable merchants and retailers (in this case the Council) to accept card payments, with the acquirer acting as the ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 000385-2021-GCC004871CPU-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** 000385-2021-GCC004871CPU-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Worldpay**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-963`
  - Value: £960,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 000385-2021-GCC004871CPU-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £960,000
  - Signed Date: 27/02/2020

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000385-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-01-08T16:24:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T19:11:47.156Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0288d5