Provision of Payment Services

Official notice

Authority: Post Office Limited (Public body)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: London (UKI4)

Awarded value£19,700,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 17 Apr 2023no call for competition

Awarded to WORLDLINE RETAIL ENTERPRISE (UK) LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision on payment and banking services that underpin the transactions conducted by the Post Office through its IT systems.

CPV: Banking services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The contract was a direct award to support the payment and banking services required…Awarded

The contract was a direct award to support the payment and banking services required to support the Post Offices transactions that are made via the pin entry devices within the branches. Additional information: This procurement was awarded via the Direct Award procedure.

Delivery: London

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: 21 Jul 2023, 16:55 BST
Last source update: 21 Jul 2023, 16:55 BST
Authority reference: C102238
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-021185
Classification (CPV): Banking services
Delivery area: London (UKI4)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03e478 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: The payment and banking service that is provided by the supplier is PCI compliant, be-spoked to the specific Post Office use cases, and was required to interoperate with both the legacy and new IT platforms in parallel.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £19,700,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 17 Apr 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
WORLDLINE RETAIL ENTERPRISE (UK) LIMITED	£19,700,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of Payment Services · WORLDLINE RETAIL ENTERPRISE (UK) LIMITED
Signed
17 Apr 2023
Value
£19,700,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Post Office Limited

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawPostal Services 02154540 Finsbury Dials 20 Finsbury Street, London, London, EC2Y 9AQContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

WORLDLINE RETAIL ENTERPRISE (UK) LIMITEDAwarded supplier12178321 1 Technology Drive, Beeston, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG9 1LA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.