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Merchant Services for Mass Transit Transactions

Banking and investment services
Banking services
Financial consultancy
+2 more
Scotland (UKM82)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport: "Merchant Services for Mass Transit Transactions". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityStrathclyde Partnership for TransportScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
323.9Bids / Report
7.5% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 79 active published awards; 67 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityStrathclyde Partnership for Transport
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published13 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
Last source update13 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationBanking and investment services, Banking services, Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services, Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04bd5a
What is being bought
SPT has a requirement to procure merchant services for Mass Transit Transactions. The contractor must have an existing integration with Visa Platform Connect (VPC) https://www.visaacceptance.com/en-gb/solutions/connector-tools/visa-platform-connect.html to ensure seamless integration with the S&B systems. The Subway entry/exit gates are supplied by Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH (S&B) of Moenchengladbach, Germany. S&B will be supplying the contactless payment Account Based Ticketing (ABT) solution through their Fare Go Open Payments platform utilising Visa Platform Connect transaction handling.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    13 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    13 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    13 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    13 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
  5. Published value updated to £1,000,000
    20 Nov 2024, 14:52 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    20 Nov 2024, 14:52 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    20 Nov 2024, 14:52 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 20 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
    20 Nov 2024, 14:52 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    20 Nov 2024, 14:52 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    SPT has a requirement to procure merchant services for Mass Transit Transactions. The contractor must have an existing integration with Visa Platform Connect (VPC) https://www.visaacceptance.com/en-gb/solutions/connector-tools/visa-platform-connect.html to ensure seamless integration with the S&B systems. The Subway entry/exit gates are supplied by Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH (S&B) of Moenchengladbach, Germany. S&B will be supplying the contactless payment Account Based Ticketing (ABT) solution through their Fare Go Open Payments platform utilising Visa Platform Connect transaction handling
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    13 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 5 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT · £822,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
U.S. Bank Europe DAC trading as Elavon Merchant Services (Elavon).
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£822,000 · signed 5 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

Contracting authority GB-FTS-13755
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  • Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
    buyer

    131 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, UKM82, G2 5JF
    Procurement@spt.co.uk

  • Glasgow Sheriff Court
    mediationBody
    reviewBody
    reviewContactPoint

    1 Carlton Place, Glasgow, G5 9DA

  • U.S. Bank Europe DAC trading as Elavon Merchant Services (Elavon).
    supplier

    Block F1 , Cherrywood Business Park, Co. Dublin, Ireland., Loughlinstown, UK, D18 W2X7,
    +44 7879294890
Documents (0)
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