Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 6 May 2025, 12:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of income management and payment platform solution (IM&PPS) - 2025

Official notice

Authority: Medway Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£480,000≈ £165k / year · £480,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 13 Jun 2025awarded 11 Aug 2025
Award (standstill) to Access Paysuite Ltd
Contract term 2 yrs 11 moends 1 Aug 2028 · up to 1 Sept 2029 with extensions · starts 31 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The council's current income management system is Civica ICON, this is used to record all

financial transactions, directly input by Civica ICON users (there are 270 current Civica

ICON users) and integration files from other systems and payment platforms. System

integrations to Civica ICON include Girobank, AllPay and Bankline. System Integrations from

Civica ICON include NEC Housing, iWorld, Parking and Integra. Payment platforms currently

used are Opayo and Worldpay.

The Council is looking for providers of solutions that would meet but not limited to the

following features:

  • Our business and user requirements.

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  • Live Data Interrogation.
  • Incident Management.
  • Finance monitoring and e-commerce.
  • Comply with all current and future UK legislation, codes, and standards.
  • Compatible with mobile working, offline and online
  • Customisable dashboards.
  • Freedom Of Information request management.
  • Intelligent workload management.
  • Chip and Pin payments.
  • Automated Telephone Payment Line
  • Online payments
  • Cash payments

The aim of the procurement was to contract with a provider to provide a system that can manage all our requirements to take and record payments made to the council either in person, online or by telephone.

The Council also aim to streamline the number of systems that integrate with the income management system such as Worldpay, Opayo and our own internal Payment hub system.

This will streamline the process to make it more manageable for both ICT and the Finance systems team as well as simplifying the process for the significant number of users in the

services.

  • Not divided into lots: N/A

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrs 11 moSMEVCSEPublished value£480,000
Contract period: 31 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2028 (2 yrs 11 mo) · up to 1 Sept 2029 with extensionsValue: £480,000 exc. VAT · £480,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Optionable 12 Months extension

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
  • Quality : 60% Quality

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 May 2025, 12:19 BST
Last source update
8 Jan 2026, 10:03 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 2 Aug 2025
Authority reference
DN770242
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019057
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
South East (UKJ41)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050d06 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Invoices to be sent to Medway Council finance team.

Review and risk notes
Risks

Successful appointment of supplier to deliver required application(s)

Successful delivery of application that meets the needs of the Council

Successful appointment of supplier who can deliver agreed application within agreed timescales

How it was run

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
13 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
13 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 May 2025 → 19 Jan 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    6 May 2025, 12:19 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    13 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    2 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Assessment summaries sent
    22 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
  6. Contract starts
    31 Aug 2025
  7. Latest notice published285 days ago
    8 Jan 2026, 10:03 GMT
  8. Standstill ends273 days ago
    19 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 May 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    6 May 2025, 12:19 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    8 Jan 2026, 10:03 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    8 Jan 2026, 10:03 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    20 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £480,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Access Paysuite LtdSME20 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 1 Sept 2029Extensions: 12 months option to extend provided both parties are in agreement. · Options: Any additional service as deemed by the client lead.£480,000 inc. VAT11 Aug 2025standstill to 19 Jan 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Medway Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWYH-3898-LDQR Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, South East, ME4 4TRContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Access Paysuite LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04595169 Armstrong Building Oakwood Drive Loughborough University, Science and Enterprise Park Loughborough England LE11 3QF, Loughborough England, East Midlands, LE11 3QFContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender