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title: "Merchant Services - Payment Card Processing"
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# Merchant Services - Payment Card Processing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/merchant-services-payment-card-processing-ocds-h6vhtk-032e80). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED: "Merchant Services - Payment Card Processing". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 May 2022, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: s1.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumbrian-water-group-limited-coh-04760441)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 May 2022 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial and insurance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKH14, UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/merchant-services-payment-card-processing-ocds-h6vhtk-032e80#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032e80`

## 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-payment-card-processing-ocds-h6vhtk-032e80#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [s1.ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.ariba.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/merchant-services-payment-card-processing-ocds-h6vhtk-032e80#participate

## Description
Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) has a requirement for the provision of Merchant Services.
Merchant Service providers are there to collect the secure funds for any credit or debit card payments taken via the Contact Centre, automated payment line, website and mobile application for both Northumbrian Water and Essex & Suffolk Water customers. We require both gateway and acquiring services, including apple pay and google pay processing capabilities.
For each individual Merchant ID, settlement funds are to be deposited into our bank accounts for NWL and ESW in a timely manner, to ensure reconciliation is carried out daily.
Chargebacks are to be debited individually from our main bank accounts and pre debit notifications are to be sent.
The Merchant Service provider is responsible for ensuring that Northumbrian Water Ltd are PCI compliant.
The contract arising from this competitive tendering exercise is for three years commencing on 1 February 2023 with an implementation period from 1 September 2022.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKH

- **Description:** Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) has a requirement for the provision of Merchant Services.
Merchant Service providers are there to collect the secure funds for any credit or debit card payments taken via the Contact Centre, automated payment line, we...

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

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010212-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-04-19T14:33:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T14:58:02.915Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032e80