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# Merchant Payment Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/merchant-payment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed32). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ENERGIA GROUP NI HOLDINGS LIMITED: "Merchant Payment Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £6,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procurement.energiagroup.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ENERGIA GROUP NI HOLDINGS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/energia-group-ni-holdings-limited-GB-COH-NI033250)
- **Published Value:** £6,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 April 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- **Delivery Location:** IE, UKN
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £6,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/merchant-payment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed32#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ed32`

## 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-payment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed32#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procurement.energiagroup.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocurement.energiagroup.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/merchant-payment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed32#participate

## Description
Energia Group is seeking to procure Merchant Payment services (Merchant Services), for the
processing of customer card payments within both Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.
Energia wishes to offer their customers an efficient payment processing experience using a streamlined uninterrupted process for making card payments. Energia currently operates a
payment service process, using their own Payment Service Provider, which involves the transfer of funds paid by their customers via debit and credit bank cards, to a third-party
processing platform owned by the Supplier.
The Supplier must be able to facilitate the transaction process by attaining and receipting information from the customer, receive authorisation from the bank approving the funds transaction, collecting the funds from the bank and then transferring the payment to Energia.
The Supplier will be required to ensure that the transaction funds are approved by the customer's bank and acceptance of the combined settlement of card funding transactions
(authorisation process). As a minimum, Energia will require the suppliers processing platform to transfer debit and
credit cards from Visa, Mastercard and Electron. All platforms must be Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/ (settlement process).
Energia requires a platform that will accommodate their customers choice of payment card options and differing currencies. The platform must be available to process payments made by customers 24x7x365.
Energia also require an online portal for the receipt of daily transaction information and reconciliation reports.
For ongoing management information, Energia will require the Supplier to be able to populate management information containing monthly and quarterly performance metrics, scheme updates, compliance updates, new / upcoming solutions and changes within the industry.
The provision of Merchant Payment Services is expected to commence in September 2025, although the Supplier will be expected to work with Energia Group to facilitate the implementation of the Merchant Payment Service prior to commencement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66170000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £6,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 31/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Merchant Payment Services (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **U.S. BANK EUROPE DAC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PYZD-5433-YBQL`
  - Value: £6,500,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 10/02/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009394-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-10T15:46:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:31:05.928Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ed32