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# Merchant Acquirer Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/merchant-acquirer-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04d710). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sheffield City Council: "Merchant Acquirer Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: 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:** [Sheffield City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sheffield-city-council-ons-e08000039)
- **Published Value:** 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):** Financial and insurance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £4,125,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04d710`

## 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-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04d710#tl-md)

## Description
The Council takes payments for various services, Council Tax, Business Rates etc. via several channels e.g. online, telephone etc.  Through these different channels we process most of the card payments (debit and credit) through Access Group’s Pay360 solution.  To be able us to take the card payments we need the services of a merchant acquirer who collect card-based payments which have been made via Pay360.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** The Council takes payments for various services, Council Tax, Business Rates etc. via several channels e.g. online, telephone etc.  Through these different channels we process most of the card payments (debit and credit) through Access Group’s Pay360...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Merchant Acquirer Services (active)
  - Award id: `002986-2025-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Lloyds Bank plc t/a Lloyds Bank Cardnet Merchant Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-00002065`
  - Value: £4,125,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Merchant Acquirer Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,125,000
  - Signed Date: 29/01/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002986-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-29T15:16:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:32:40.435Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04d710