Official UK procurement notice
Merchant Services — UK public procurement notice
Authority: Chelmsford City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionChelmsford City Council would like to issue a tender proposal to secure merchant acquirer services.
The supplier is required to provide Merchant Card Acquiring services, to facilitate the receipt, transfer and accounting of incoming domestic and foreign payment streams where current UK sanctions permit, from the payer, to Chelmsford City Council and Chelmsford City Council Payment Gateways to facilitate Cardholder present and Cardholder not present transactions.
The supplier will also need to provide chip and pin terminals where required.
Objectives
oTo secure value for money services.
oTo provide cost savings.
REQUIREMENT
1. Chelmsford City Council wish to process transactions from the
following cards: MasterCard (Credit & Debit), Visa (Credit & Debit),
Electron, Maestro and Solo. If any additional card issuers enter the
market place, the Council will discuss their specific requirements in
that regard as and when necessary. The Council does not accept
American Express cards or Diners Cards. The successful bidder will
have to be able to operate with the following
gateways: Opayo, Elavon, Worldpay and Barclaycard EPDQ.
2. The supplier must assign individual merchant numbers to each outlet specified by the council, this is currently a total of 29 merchants.
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oThe supplier must be able to provide new merchant numbers as and when required by the council
3. as part of the contract the supplier must be able to supply terminals to the various outlets across the council, the council currently uses 19 terminals.
If a terminal is no longer required by a Council during the course of the contract, the Council must be able to return the device to the Supplier without incurring any further related charges.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Chelmsford:-Financial-and-insurance-services./5ZY2UH8387
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5ZY2UH8387
CPV: Banking services · Financial and insurance services · International payment transfer services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1AwardedRenewalPublished value£800,000
- Value
- £800,000 exc. VAT · £960,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Chelmsford City Council propose to enter into a Contract with the winning Tenderer for a maximum period of 2 years with an option of extending for additional periods of up to 3 years, to give a maximum term of up to 5 years
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Method Statement Scores — 60%
- Bid Back Financial Cost — 40%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 10 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0527f7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published28 May 2025, 14:05 BST
- Clarification questions by2 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline15 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Latest notice published397 days ago29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Award decision expected by385 days ago10 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts254 days ago19 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 29 Aug 2025 | CancelledUpon review, our Service Terms & Conditions were not fit for purpose for this procurement and the Authority has taken the decision to abandon this Tender exercise. |
Notice history
7 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 May 2025- Procurement termination notice published29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BSTUK12
- Published value updated29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BSTwas £800,000
- Status changed to complete29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Deadline withdrawn29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Buyer details updated29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Tender notice published28 May 2025, 14:05 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender