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T1121 - Card Acquiring Services 2025

Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
East of England (UKH3)
Published value
£3,500,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: University of Essex: "T1121 - Card Acquiring Services 2025". Published status: planning. Published value: £3,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUniversity of EssexScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£3,500,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: University of Essex
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for University of Essex. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
894,285Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 3 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityUniversity of Essex
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published11 Aug 2025, 15:17 BST
Last source update11 Aug 2025, 15:17 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationFinancial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-058550
What is being bought
This pre market engagement is to scope potential suppliers interest for the provision of Merchant Services for processing, authorisation and settlement of the University’s debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments (including mobile wallets such as apple pay, google pay), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce). The University is seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective merchant service arrangements which will be capable of meeting future market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. It is looking for a relationship with an organisation which it can be confident will fulfil all the University’s current and future requirements. It is important that any potential acquiring partner can add value through an effective dedicated corporate support team backed up by a proactive education sector specialist Relationship Manager. The following legal entities are involved in this tender: University of Essex University of Essex Campus Services Limited This tender is for all merchant services activity for the University and its subsidiaries across all acceptance methods.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    11 Aug 2025, 15:17 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    11 Aug 2025, 15:17 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    11 Aug 2025, 15:17 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    11 Aug 2025, 15:17 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    11 Aug 2025, 15:17 BST
  2. Procedure published
    11 Aug 2025, 15:17 BST
  3. engagement
    29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    This pre market engagement is to scope interest from suppliers for the provision of Merchant Services for processing, authorisation and settlement of the University’s debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments (including mobile wallets such as apple pay, google pay), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce). Please register your interest and provide some brief information in the first instance. Please also feel free to ask questions/provide feedback on the draft specification. The plan is to run a competitive flexible procedure procurement process for this requirement, with the next stage including a tender notice and a PSQ stage. Further information will be provided as the procurement process progresses.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

University of Essex

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PQBL-6931-JNGJ
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  • University of Essex
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PQBL-6931-JNGJ
    Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, UKH34, CO4 3SQ, GB
    procure@essex.ac.uk
Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published