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Third Party Managed Direct Debit solution

Buyer: Warwickshire County Council →

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BuyerWarwickshire County Council
StatusClosed
Deadline9 Mar 2026
Value£120,000
Published10 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) is seeking a third party Direct Debit solution, with the potential to progress to a fully managed service. The solution must support the automated collection of income to reduce manual data entry, improve efficiency, and minimise the need for ongoing monitoring. The Council requires a system capable of fast and accurate creation and verification of Direct Debit mandates, fully compliant with BACs requirements and aligned with Warwickshire County Council's internal audit standards.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Banking services 66110000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£120,000
Contract periodFrom 4 May 2026 to 4 May 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Cost (60%)
Non-cost (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Banking servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 66. The category anchor is Banking services (66110000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 668142 median · 7.5 average (211 of 814 with a bid count)1.8 average (248 of 814 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2646 median · 10.7 average (49 of 264 with a bid count)2.4 average (69 of 264 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)651 median · 1 average (1 of 65 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 65 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a09d
Latest release ID011878-2026
Latest release timestampTue Feb 10 2026 13:24:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011878-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-09T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-02-23T12:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsTender documentation is available via the "WARWICKSHIRE" portal at https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/midlands/home. Your tender return must be submitted via the e-tendering portal. You will not be able to upload your tender after the deadline. Applicants are advised that if their tender response (including any associated documentation) is only partially uploaded within the e-tendering portal by the closing date and time then the system will lock them out and they will not be able to complete their document upload. The Council reserves the right to only evaluate documents received within the e-tendering portal by the closing date and time and applicants are advised that a partial upload is unlikely to be successful. Applicants are therefore recommended to upload their full tender response well in advance of the closing date and time. If you are experiencing any difficulties with your upload you must contact the Council well in advance of the closing date and time.
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£120,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Feb 2026tender011878-2026
24 Sept 2025planning059081-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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