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Published 26 May 2025, 21:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Merchant Acquiring · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Southwark (Local council)

ServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£2,800,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 13 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 1 moends 30 Apr 2029 · up to 30 Apr 2031 with extensions · starts 2 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

'PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PIPELINE NOTICE - NOT LIVE TENDER OPPORTUNITY - TENDER NOTICE TO FOLLOW'.

The forthcoming opportunity relates to the provision of Merchant Acquiring Services (facilitates the acceptance of debit and credit card payments by managing transaction authorisation, routing through card schemes, and settlement of funds to the organisation)

(Previous pipeline publication was Income and Payment Management Systems, however scope has changed as per the above description)

CPV: Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs 1 mo
Contract period: 2 Apr 2027 – 30 Apr 2029 (2 yrs 1 mo) · up to 30 Apr 2031 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
26 May 2025, 21:37 BST
Last source update
26 May 2026, 09:56 BST
Authority reference
DN776059
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-048456
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052670 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

26 May 2025 → 2 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    26 May 2025, 21:37 BST
  2. Latest notice published154 days ago
    26 May 2026, 09:56 BST
  3. Tender notice expected105 days ago
    13 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 156 days
    2 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    26 May 2025, 21:37 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    26 May 2026, 09:56 BST
    UK1
  3. Published value published: £2,800,000
    26 May 2026, 09:56 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Southwark

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXTW-7647-VDLV Southwark Council, 160 Tooley Street, London, London, SE1 2QHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender