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Published 16 Oct 2025, 10:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Merchant Acquiring Services 2025-2031

Official notice

Authority: Translink (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£4,307,200published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to U.S. BANK EUROPE DAC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Merchant Acquiring Services to enable acceptance and processing of sales revenue from credit/debit card payments across the Group.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: Northern Ireland
66000000 Financial and insurance services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Oct 2025, 10:35 BST
Last source update
5 Nov 2025, 09:10 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071096
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cdc7 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Due to technical reasons, there is currently no reasonable alternative or substitute to Translink's existing provider, Elavon.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 Nov 2025 → 5 Nov 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends352 days ago
    4 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published351 days ago
    5 Nov 2025, 09:10 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Oct 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    16 Oct 2025, 10:35 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    24 Oct 2025, 11:42 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    5 Nov 2025, 09:10 GMT
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    5 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £4,307,2001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Nov 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
U.S. BANK EUROPE DAC5 Nov 2025 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2031Extensions: Initial period of four years until 30/09/2029 with options to extend by two periods of up to 12 months each. N.B The value for the initial 4 years is estimated at £2.8m, with the maximum contract value (6 years if extension taken up) being £4.3m exc. VAT.£4,307,2001 Oct 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · U.S. BANK EUROPE DAC

    Signed
    5 Nov 2025
    Value
    £4,307,200
    Period
    5 Nov 2025 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2031 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Initial period of four years until 30/09/2029 with options to extend by two periods of up to 12 months each. N.B The value for the initial 4 years is estimated at £2.8m, with the maximum contract value (6 years if extension taken up) being £4.3m exc. VAT.

    No agreed KPIs: Direct Award

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Translink

Contracting authorityPublic undertakingNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PTMT-7134-NRMV 22 Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 7LXContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • U.S. BANK EUROPE DACAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PYZD-5433-YBQL Cherrywood Business Park, Dublin, IE, D18 W2X7, IEContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender