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Published 1 Oct 2026, 11:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Payment services provider and merchant acquirer for card payments at Cheshire East Borough Council's Car Parks

Official notice

Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: North West (UKD62)
Published estimate£400,000≈ £133k / year · £480,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Oct 2026
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jan 2030 · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A tender for the provision of Combined Payment Services/ Merchant acquirer (PSP/MA) for car parking machines across Cheshire East Borough. This requirement is for an end to end payment processing service. The winning bidder must be able to provide Combined Payment Services Provider /Merchant Acquiring for 3 types of parking payment machines across the borough.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 12 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Software package and information systems

Open work like this

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Open tenders from Cheshire East CouncilSearch filtered to this authorityOpen tenders in Software Packages & ERPSearch filtered to CPV 48Contracts ending in Software Packages & ERPRetender Radar, CPV 48: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£400,000
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 31 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensionsValue: £400,000 exc. VAT · £480,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Initial contract period is 3 years to January 2030 with 1 x 12 month extension - giving a final possible end date of January 2031
48000000 Software package and information systems
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    As per the requirements of tender pack and the Software and Hardware services agreement.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Relevant Experience and Contract Examples

    Details of up to three contracts to meet the technical ability criteria set out in the Associated Tender Documents

    You should demonstrate how your contracts and experience meet the critical project specific requirements as outlined in the tender documents.

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 10%Price: 80%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Price: As per tender documents.
  • Quality: Downtime - fault resolution process and how issues are resolved, and how quickly are issues resolved and how do you inform the Council? Ensure fast efficient transactions at the payment machines and how you remedy slow processing speeds Actions you take to review the contract with council staff e.g. account review meetings on a quarterly basis
  • Social Value: Suppliers Social Value offer, as per tender documents.
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    As per the requirements of tender pack and the Software and Hardware services agreement.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Relevant Experience and Contract Examples

    Details of up to three contracts to meet the technical ability criteria set out in the Associated Tender Documents

    You should demonstrate how your contracts and experience meet the critical project specific requirements as outlined in the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 12 Nov 2026
First published
1 Oct 2026, 11:37 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2026, 11:37 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 11 Nov 2026
Authority reference
C5409
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092760
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
North West (UKD62)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e76 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Risks

None

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tenders are available via The Chest -

www.the-chest.org.uk ↗

Proactis Help line number for Suppliers: 0330 005 0352

Timeline

1 Oct 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published45 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 11:37 BST
  2. Clarification questions by30 days ago
    16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline19 days ago
    27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected by3 days ago
    11 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  6. Contract startsin 77 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 11:37 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cheshire East Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTWR-7124-XZXQ Delamere House, Delamere Street, Crewe, North West, CW12JZContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender