Merchant Acquiring 2023 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£2,223,871published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Jan 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Barclays Bank PLC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This notice is for transparency purposes only. DVSA are procuring merchant acquirer services. As part of this contract DVSA also have access to online credit/debit card processing service (ePDQ).

CPV: Financial and insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 14 Mar 2024, 16:38 GMT
Last source update: 14 Mar 2024, 16:38 GMT
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-008273
Classification (CPV): Financial and insurance services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0448ca Find a Tender

Why no open competition: No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: The Authority intends to procure competitively a contract amalgamating all DVSA payment services. It was cost effective to keep the same supplier for the transition period to the new contract whilst the new procurement is carried out.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £2,223,8711 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jan 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Barclays Bank PLC	£2,223,871 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 008273-2024-1 · Barclays Bank PLC
Signed
1 Jan 2024
Value
£2,223,871
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNational or federal agency/officeGeneral public services Berkeley House, Croydon Street, Bristol, UK, BS5 0DAContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Department for TransportReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Barclays Bank PLC (trading as ‘Barclaycard Payments’)Awarded supplier 1 Churchill Place, London, London, UK, E14 5HP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.