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title: "UK_331 - Trapped Cash Solution (Global Payment Service Provider (PSP)) - Rev 2"
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# UK_331 - Trapped Cash Solution (Global Payment Service Provider (PSP)) - Rev 2

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-331-trapped-cash-solution-global-payment-service-provider-psp-rev-2-ocds-h6vhtk-04db79). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** British Council: "UK_331 - Trapped Cash Solution (Global Payment Service Provider (PSP)) - Rev 2". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [British Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/british-council-gov-ot313)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Corporate finance and venture capital services, Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services, International payment transfer services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04db79`

## 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/uk-331-trapped-cash-solution-global-payment-service-provider-psp-rev-2-ocds-h6vhtk-04db79#tl-md)

## Description
All our commercial exam operations in all our countries face a currency mismatch – local currency revenue and GBP costs (primarily Exam Board fees). This income is collected from customers in a range of payment journeys:- Where the customer is paying while in an online journey- The customer is paying cash in an office or teaching centre- The customer pays electronically but is not in an online journeyBritish Council is investigating options to engage a specialist payment providers handling the British Council Online Payments across our challenging markets, primarily South-East Asia and Africa. Their service will enable the customer to pay in their local currency for any product and the British Council to receive hard currency in the UK.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 66115000, 66122000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The British Council is seeking to conduct a market engagement with suppliers who can provide Online Payment Acceptance Services in challenging markets, primarily South-East Asia and Africa. Additional information: If you are interested in expressing ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003654-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-04T14:05:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T02:06:03.247Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04db79