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title: "T1121 - Card Acquiring Services 2025"
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# T1121 - Card Acquiring Services 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t1121-card-acquiring-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-058550). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Essex: "T1121 - Card Acquiring Services 2025". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £3,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University of Essex](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-essex-urn-133805)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £3,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t1121-card-acquiring-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-058550#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058550`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t1121-card-acquiring-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-058550#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 66172000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 09/08/2026 to 09/08/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F047706-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-11T14:17:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T08:40:11.281Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058550