Provision of a Payment Platform

Official notice

Authority: University of the West of Scotland (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: Scotland (UKM83)

Awarded value£240,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 3 Aug 2020no call for competition

Awarded to WPM Education Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of a payment platform for collection of UWS income from various sources including Debit /Credit Cards, Paypal, Recurrent Card Payments, Specialist payment pathways (Tuition Fees, Accommodation, Deposits, etc.) and Online Shop.

CPV: Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Scotland · Across UWS Campuses (Ayr,Dumfries,Lanarkshire,London & Paisley)

66172000 Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 6 Apr 2021, 16:40 BST
Last source update: 6 Apr 2021, 16:40 BST
Authority reference: UWS/2020/044
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-007028
Classification (CPV): Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM83)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02a2e5 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The WPM payment platform is currently integrated across UWS and has been over the previous 5 years.The switching to another service provider would require significant changes to UWS policies and procedures and could pose a high security risk in terms of PCI compliance.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:629879)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £240,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 3 Aug 2020

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
WPM Education Limited	£240,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 007028-2021-UWS/2020/044-1 · WPM Education Limited
Signed
3 Aug 2020
Value
£240,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of the West of Scotland

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation High Street, Paisley, Scotland, PA1 2BEContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Paisley Sheriff CourtReview body PaisleyContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

WPM Education LtdAwarded supplier 26 Victoria Way, Burgess Hill, UK, RH15 9NFContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.