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Cottsway - Tender for the Provision of Payment Services

Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
South East (UKJ14)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 19:04 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
1lots
1 lot · 1 published item
1 published CPV family
Decision Velocity
~64 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 64 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£500,000
Contract/award value: £500,000
1 award supplier linked
Bidding Competition
2 bids
SME bid count not published
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 66)
Based on 37 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
21.43%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
4 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
64 days
Median time between deadline and award
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Evidence coverage
6/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
Published procedurePublished valueMatching evidence
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Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Cottsway Housing Association Limited: "Cottsway - Tender for the Provision of Payment Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityCottsway Housing Association LimitedScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Cottsway Housing Association Limited
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Cottsway Housing Association Limited. 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
2Bids / Report (median)
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Allpay LimitedTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 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.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 66):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
Allpay Limited1 win£500,000—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityCottsway Housing Association Limited
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published23 Aug 2024, 13:24 BST
Last source update23 Aug 2024, 13:24 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationFinancial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0424c6
What is being bought
Contract for the Provision of Payment Services for Cottsway Group.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Aug 2024, 13:24 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    23 Aug 2024, 13:24 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    23 Aug 2024, 13:24 BST
  4. tender value changed
    11 Apr 2024, 05:49 BST
  5. Status changed to published status
    11 Apr 2024, 05:49 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    11 Apr 2024, 05:49 BST
  7. Submission deadline changed to published date
    11 Apr 2024, 05:49 BST
  8. Buyer information updated
    11 Apr 2024, 05:49 BST
  9. Published value updated to £600,000
    10 Apr 2024, 22:58 BST
  10. Status changed to active
    10 Apr 2024, 22:58 BST
  11. Official notice release published
    10 Apr 2024, 22:58 BST
  12. Submission deadline changed to 15 May 2024, 14:00 BST
    10 Apr 2024, 22:58 BST
  13. Buyer information updated
    10 Apr 2024, 22:58 BST
  14. Published value updated to £90,000
    12 Dec 2023, 09:39 GMT
  15. Status changed to planned
    12 Dec 2023, 09:39 GMT
  16. Official notice release published
    12 Dec 2023, 09:39 GMT
  17. Buyer information updated
    12 Dec 2023, 09:39 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Cottsway Housing put out a tender to appoint an experienced electronic payment services provider to process the payments for rent charges and other ad-hoc charges including court costs and rechargeable work. The supplier will collect virtually all of Cottsway’s customers’ payments. The contract will be for a duration of 3 years, with an extension option available at the client's discretion progressing up to a maximum of 5 years. The contract is due to start on 1st December 2024. The Supplier will be required to configure and implement the system, to meet Cottsway’s requirements, assisting with the user acceptance testing and end user training, in order to ensure that it is fully operational within the required timescales.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    23 Aug 2024, 13:24 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST · £500,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Allpay Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Tender for the Provision of Payment Services
£500,000 · signed 15 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 2 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Cottsway Housing Association Limited

Contracting authority GB-FTS-110445
View buyer profile

  • Cottsway Housing Association Limited
    buyer

    Cottsway House, Avenue Two, Witney, Oxford, UKJ14, OX28 4YG
    cottswaytender@arkconsultancy.co.uk

  • Allpay Limited
    supplier

    Fortis Et Fides, Whitestone Business Park, Hereford, UKG11, HR1 3SE

  • The High Court
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079476000
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