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title: "Payment Provider for GOV.UK Pay"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/payment-provider-for-gov-uk-pay-ocds-h6vhtk-049bfc"
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# Payment Provider for GOV.UK Pay

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/payment-provider-for-gov-uk-pay-ocds-h6vhtk-049bfc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Government Digital Service: "Payment Provider for GOV.UK Pay". Published status: active. Published Value: £49,212,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Government Digital Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/government-digital-service-gov-ot1056)
- **Published Value:** £49,212,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 March 2025 at 23:59 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/payment-provider-for-gov-uk-pay-ocds-h6vhtk-049bfc#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-049bfc`

## 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/payment-provider-for-gov-uk-pay-ocds-h6vhtk-049bfc#tl-md)

## Description
Government Digital Service (GDS), currently part of Cabinet Office is seeking a payment service provider to underpin the GOV.UK Pay platform, specifically for processing credit and debit card payments and pay by bank (open banking) payments made by end users to services operated by local government, police, the armed forces and some other public sector organisations. GDS is therefore undertaking this procurement as a central purchasing body using the negotiated procedure in accordance with regulation 37 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** Background Information
GOV.UK Pay ('Pay') is a digital payments platform, developed and run by GDS. Pay is a payments product, providing a quick and easy way for the public to make payments for services online and via telephone.
Pay currently support...

- **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%2F006015-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-19T18:27:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:13:55.592Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-049bfc