Merchant Services

Chelmsford City CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-0527f7Procurement Act 2023closed for bids
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Estimated value

£800k

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

28 May 2025

Deadline 15 Jul 2025

Description

Chelmsford City Council would like to issue a tender proposal to secure merchant acquirer services. The supplier is required to provide Merchant Card Acquiring services, to facilitate the receipt, transfer and accounting of incoming domestic and foreign payment streams where current UK sanctions permit, from the payer, to Chelmsford City Council and Chelmsford City Council Payment Gateways to facilitate Cardholder present and Cardholder not present transactions. The supplier will also need to provide chip and pin terminals where required. Objectives oTo secure value for money services. oTo provide cost savings. REQUIREMENT 1. Chelmsford City Council wish to process transactions from the following cards: MasterCard (Credit & Debit), Visa (Credit & Debit), Electron, Maestro and Solo. If any additional card issuers enter the market place, the Council will discuss their specific requirements in that regard as and when necessary. The Council does not accept American Express cards or Diners Cards. The successful bidder will have to be able to operate with the following gateways: Opayo, Elavon, Worldpay and Barclaycard EPDQ. 2. The supplier must assign individual merchant numbers to each outlet specified by the council, this is currently a total of 29 merchants. oThe supplier must be able to provide new merchant numbers as and when required by the council 3. as part of the contract the supplier must be able to supply terminals to the various outlets across the council, the council currently uses 19 terminals. If a terminal is no longer required by a Council during the course of the contract, the Council must be able to return the device to the Supplier without incurring any further related charges. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Chelmsford:-Financial-and-insurance-services./5ZY2UH8387 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5ZY2UH8387

Scope

Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-0527f7
Total value
£800,000 excluding VAT
£960,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
19 Jan 2026 to 18 May 2027
Possible extension to 18 May 2030

Chelmsford City Council propose to enter into a Contract with the winning Tenderer for a maximum period of 2 years with an option of extending for additional periods of up to 3 years, to give a maximum term of up to 5 years

Main category
services
CPV classifications
66000000
66110000
66115000
Contract locations
East of England, United Kingdom

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Bid Back Financial Costcost40.00%
Method Statement Scoresquality60.00%

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
02 Jul 2025, 12:00 pm
Submission deadline
15 Jul 2025, 12:00 pm
Submission address
https://www.delta-esourcing.com
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Open procedure