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title: "Merchant Services for Mass Transit Transactions"
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# Merchant Services for Mass Transit Transactions

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/merchant-services-for-mass-transit-transactions-ocds-h6vhtk-04bd5a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Strathclyde Partnership for Transport: "Merchant Services for Mass Transit Transactions". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Strathclyde Partnership for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/strathclyde-partnership-for-transport-GB-FTS-13755)
- **Published Value:** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 December 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Banking and investment services, Banking services, Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services, Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM82
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £822,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04bd5a`

## 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-services-for-mass-transit-transactions-ocds-h6vhtk-04bd5a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2Fesop%2Fpts-host%2Fpublic%2Fpts%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/merchant-services-for-mass-transit-transactions-ocds-h6vhtk-04bd5a#participate

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66100000, 66110000, 66170000, 66172000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** 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....

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 033346-2026-24-167-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **U.S. Bank Europe DAC trading as Elavon Merchant Services (Elavon).**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-179903`
  - Value: £822,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 033346-2026-24-167-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £822,000
  - Signed Date: 05/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033346-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-13T13:58:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:30:11.876Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04bd5a