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title: "NEPO537 Payments, Appointeeships & Disbursements Services (PADS)"
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# NEPO537 Payments, Appointeeships & Disbursements Services (PADS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nepo537-payments-appointeeships-disbursements-services-pads-ocds-h6vhtk-05e7b7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Association of North East Councils Limited: "NEPO537 Payments, Appointeeships & Disbursements Services (PADS)". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £6,000,000,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.open-uk.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Association of North East Councils Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-association-of-north-east-councils-limited-coh-05014821)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £6,000,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 April 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Banking services, Enterprise resource planning software development services, Financial and insurance services, Financial consultancy services, Financial information systems (+5 more)
- **Delivery Location:** GG, IM, JE, UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nepo537-payments-appointeeships-disbursements-services-pads-ocds-h6vhtk-05e7b7#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e7b7`

- **Who May Use the Framework:** NEPO is a Centralised Procurement Authority as defined in the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23), providing central purchasing activity on behalf of Contracting Authorities.
This agreement will be made available to all current and future NEPO, ESPO and YPO Member and Associate Members.  Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-members
NEPO intends to make the agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Procurement Act 2023).
A list of permissible users available at: http://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users
Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org
Further and full information regarding Contracting Authorities that may use the agreement can be found in the Procurement Documents.

## 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/nepo537-payments-appointeeships-disbursements-services-pads-ocds-h6vhtk-05e7b7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [open-uk.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.open-uk.org%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nepo537-payments-appointeeships-disbursements-services-pads-ocds-h6vhtk-05e7b7#participate

## Description
NEPO in collaboration with ESPO and YPO are seeking to establish a new solution in relation to the supply of Prepaid, Corporate and Appointeeship payments. It is envisaged that the solution will comprise four lots:
Lot 1 - Prepaid Payments, providing prepaid card accounts that operate like standard debit cards but without an overdraft facility, enabling secure, controlled fund disbursement;
Lot 2 - Corporate Payments, offering commercial procurement cards (P-Cards) to  streamline purchasing, enhance spend visibility and deliver process efficiencies;
Lot 3 - Appointeeship & Deputyship Accounts, designed to manage direct payments, appointee and deputyship programmes, with strong safeguarding, spend controls, and real-time monitoring;
Lot 4 - Fund Disbursements, enabling authorities to make high-volume, secure, and instant digital payments for purposes such as grants, payroll, hardship funds, and emergency support.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 - Prepaid Payments
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 30160000, 48812000, 66000000
- **Delivery regions:** GG, IM, JE, UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB, GG, IM, JE
- **Estimated Value:** £480,000,000
- **Description:** Prepaid Payments provide Contracting Authorities with a controlled mechanism for distributing and managing funds by preloading balances for use across approved payment channels. Solutions may support physical and virtual payment instruments and enabl...
- **Contract Period:** 19/09/2026 to 20/09/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Corporate Payments
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 30160000, 66110000, 66133000, 66171000, 66172000, 72212451
- **Delivery regions:** GG, IM, JE, UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB, GG, IM, JE
- **Estimated Value:** £4,800,000,000
- **Description:** Corporate Payments (aka Commercial Procurement Cards, P-Cards, Purchasing Cards, Corporate Cards) provide public sector organisations with a secure and efficient mechanism for managing and settling operational expenditure outside of traditional purch...
- **Contract Period:** 19/09/2026 to 20/09/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Appointee & Deputyship Accounts
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 30160000, 66000000, 72222300, 72261000
- **Delivery regions:** GG, IM, JE, UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB, GG, IM, JE
- **Estimated Value:** £480,000,000
- **Description:** This lot is designed to address the complex, sensitive, and often high‑risk financial requirements associated with supporting vulnerable individuals and households. It encompasses the disbursement, management, and oversight of funds provided by Contr...
- **Contract Period:** 19/09/2026 to 20/09/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: Fund Disbursements
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 30160000, 66000000, 72212451, 72222300, 72261000
- **Delivery regions:** GG, IM, JE, UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB, GG, IM, JE
- **Estimated Value:** £240,000,000
- **Description:** This lot is focused on enabling Contracting Authorities to deliver fast, secure and controlled Fund Disbursements using modern payment mechanisms. The primary outcome is to improve the speed, accessibility and effectiveness of distributing funds at s...
- **Contract Period:** 19/09/2026 to 20/09/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018905-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-03T12:38:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T09:52:29.081Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e7b7