Provision of Merchant Card Acquiring Services

Official notice

Authority: The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Central government)

Direct award

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

Awarded value£391,667published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Feb 2026no call for competition

Awarded to BARCLAYS BANK UK PLC2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Payment card services for merchant card acquiring services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

66110000 Banking services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
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: 27 Jan 2026, 11:00 GMT
Last source update: 3 Feb 2026, 11:23 GMT
Authority reference: NMC-0782
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-009373
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-060f6a Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification: Barclay Card is NMC current provider which was sourced at the time via a Crown Commercial Services Framework Agreement. Barclay Card are no longer on the framework. But due to NMC technical requirements we cannot competitively tender this service until internal upgrades have been finalised.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jan 2026

Transparency notice published
27 Jan 2026, 11:00 GMT
UK5
Contract signature expected
2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
3 Feb 2026, 11:23 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £391,6671 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Contracts signed 2latest 1 Feb 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
BARCLAYS BANK UK PLC2 Feb 2026 – 1 Feb 2027 · up to 1 Feb 2028Extensions: For one year only	£391,667	—	Awarded
BARCLAYS BANK UK PLC	£391,667 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of Merchant Card Acquiring Services · BARCLAYS BANK UK PLC
Signed
1 Feb 2026
Value
£391,667
Period
2 Feb 2026 – 1 Feb 2027 · up to 1 Feb 2028 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
For 1 year only
No agreed KPIs: Previous CCS Framework agreement
Contract 2 · BARCLAYS BANK UK PLC
Signed
1 Feb 2026
Value
£391,667
Period
2 Feb 2026 – 1 Feb 2027 · up to 1 Feb 2028 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
1 year only
No agreed KPIs: Previous CCS framework agreement

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-CHC: 1091434 · GB-PPON: PHCH-9173-QTMH 23 PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON, London, W1B 1PZContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

BARCLAYS BANK UK PLCAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09740322GB-PPON: PXMW-8531-YVDM 1 Churchill Place, London, London, E14 5HPContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender3 Feb 2026, 11:23 GMT
Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender3 Feb 2026, 11:23 GMT
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender27 Jan 2026, 11:00 GMT