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Published 18 Jun 2024, 11:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Payment Account Comparison (PACS) Tool Data Feed

Official notice

Authority: MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: UK

Published estimate£293,333exc. VAT · 1 value update25.6% above published estimate

Submissions closed 6 Dec 2024awarded 13 Apr 2025

Awarded to Defaqto Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract for the provision of a data feed of the Payment Service Providers' (PSP) Payment account products, and to compare a specific and limited list of fees and charges known as the Linked Services list for the Payment Account Comparison Tool operated by MaPS.

CPV: Banking services · Insurance and pension services · Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The procurement was concluded under the PCR2015 regulationsAwardedRenewal

The procurement was concluded under the PCR2015 regulations. The contracting authority awarded the contract based on the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) with a weighting split of 70% Quality, 10% Social Value and 20% Price.

Delivery: UK

Extensions: 12 months optional extension periodVariant bids: not allowed

66500000 Insurance and pension services 98000000 Other community, social and personal services

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 18 Jun 2024, 11:48 BST
Last source update: 16 Jun 2025, 16:09 BST
Award evaluation window: 9 Dec 2024 – …
Authority reference: C0766
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-032710
Classification (CPV): Banking servicesInsurance and pension servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0470b3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)

Submission deadline: 6 Dec 2024, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 90 days from the deadline
Bids opened: 9 Dec 2024, 09:00 GMT

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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Timeline

19 Jun 2024 → 16 Jun 2025 · 4 dates

Next notice expected
19 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
Submission deadline
6 Dec 2024, 17:00 GMT
Bids opened
9 Dec 2024, 09:00 GMT
Notice published
16 Jun 2025, 16:09 BST

Notice history

7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Nov 2024

Published value published: £293,333
6 Nov 2024, 14:24 GMT
Status changed to active
6 Nov 2024, 14:24 GMT
Procurement method changed
6 Nov 2024, 14:24 GMT
Deadline published: 6 Dec 2024, 17:00 GMT
6 Nov 2024, 14:24 GMT
Buyer details updated
6 Nov 2024, 14:24 GMT
Status changed to complete
16 Jun 2025, 16:09 BST
Buyer details updated
16 Jun 2025, 16:09 BST

Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After
—	TextNUTS code · I.1	UKI31 - Camden and City of London	Bedford
—	TextShort description · II.1.4	Under the Financial Conduct Authority's Payment Accounts Directive (PAD), the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has a statutory duty to provide a web-based Payment Accounts Comparison (PACT) Tool. The aim of PAD is to improve access to payment accounts, increasing competition and making fees and charges more transparent and comparable. As such, MaPS had to create an operationally independent tool …	MaPS is seeking an external provider to supply Datafeed. An external provider is required to supply a data feed of the Payment Service Providers' (PSP) Payment account products, and to compare a specific and limited list of fees and charges known as the Linked Services list. The current contract for this service expires in September 2024.
—	TextDescription of the procurement · II.2.4	Therefore MaPS is issuing this Early Engagement notice to ascertain interest from the market prior to any potential tender process for this data provision service. MaPS would request that any providers who would be interested in bidding for this opportunity to please indicate this by replying to the contact email address [email protected] with your organisation name and email by 17.00 on 26th…	Under the Financial Conduct Authority's Payment Accounts Directive (PAD), the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has a statutory duty to provide a web-based Payment Accounts Comparison (PACT) Tool. The aim of PAD is to improve access to payment accounts, increasing competition and making fees and charges more transparent and comparable. As such, MaPS had to create an operationally independent tool …
—	TextDescription of the procurement · II.2.4	Therefore MaPS is issuing this Early Engagement notice to ascertain interest from the market prior to any potential tender process for this data provision service. MaPS would request that any providers who would be interested in bidding for this opportunity to please indicate this by replying to the contact email address [email protected] with your organisation name and email by 17.00 on 26th…	Under the Financial Conduct Authority's Payment Accounts Directive (PAD), the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has a statutory duty to provide a web-based Payment Accounts Comparison (PACT) Tool. The aim of PAD is to improve access to payment accounts, increasing competition and making fees and charges more transparent and comparable. As such, MaPS had to create an operationally independent tool …

2 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (5)

2024-06: 2 releases · 18 Jun 2024, 18 Jun 2024

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £368,3001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 13 Apr 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Defaqto LimitedPayment Account Comparison Tool Data Feed	£368,300 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Payment Account Comparison Tool Data Feed · Defaqto Limited
Signed
13 Apr 2025
Value
£368,300
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEconomic affairsMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions Money and Pensions Service Borough Hall, Bedford, UK, MK429ABContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Royal Court of JusticeReview body LONDON
The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Defaqto LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02870220 Unit 12, Haddenham Business Park, Haddenham, UK

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria