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GB-London: Secure Cheque Printing and Pay-out Services

FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME

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26 Nov 2019 at 09:50

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Summary of the contracting process

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is currently at the Award stage for the procurement process titled "Secure Cheque Printing and Pay-out Services". This contract, valued at £188,500, aims to establish Service Contracts with two service providers for key financial services. The tender period concluded on 16 April 2019, while the contract period runs from 23 April 2019 to 9 September 2022. The services are required in London, United Kingdom, and fall under the industry category of "Financial and insurance services".

This procurement opportunity presents significant growth potential for businesses, particularly those specialising in secure printing and payment services, given the need for implementation and standby services, as well as cheque production and handling. Large-scale suppliers that can meet stringent security standards and manage high volumes of transactions would be well-suited to compete for this contract, especially those with experience in sensitive material handling and compliance with financial regulations.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

GB-London: Secure Cheque Printing and Pay-out Services

Notice Description

FSCS is seeking to award Service Contracts to two (2) individual Service Providers for the provision of secure Cheque Printing and Pay-out Services comprising the following: 1. Implementation Services: -Put in place standby and payment services capable of anytime short notice invocation. -Supplier project management of design, including End to End testing, through to implementation of standby service. 2. Standby Services: -Cheque base-stock and envelope stock production and storage capability, or outsource/sub-contract facilities for same -Security around plant, stock and process consistent with sensitive materials and mail handling, and accredited cheque production 3. Payment Services: -Printing, enclosing and dispatching cheques to the required standards within the required timeframes -Receiving data for up to two (2) million records on Day 1, and ensuring all records are dispatched by last post before the end of Day 4 (exceptions apply to non-Business days). -Receipt/transmission of data in FSCS prescribed pipe delimited .txt via a Secure File Transfer (SFTP), a secure method over the Internet (e.g. SFTP, Portal or Website secured by TLS 1.2 or higher) , Error handling and Management Information Reporting over invocation period via same protocol. -Returned mail handling and reporting facility Each Contract for Cheque Printing and Pay-out Services will be the same and it is intention that FSCS will award the Primary Service Provider contract to the Tenderer having submitted the most economically advantageous tender then Secondary Service Provider contract to Tenderer of the second most economically advantageous tender. All Service Providers shall be required to provide Implementation services to set up services, and Standby Services following 'set up' for the term of the contract. Pay-out services will be on a tiered approach as described below. The work to be allocated to the Service-Providers is on a tiered basis so that Primary Provider is preferred followed by Secondary Provider where Primary Provider is unable to meet all or part of the requirement.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-dad20662-849c-4e78-9542-993f7a295f32
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72f547c9-4f7a-4e42-82cf-d1215314bbaf
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

66 - Financial and insurance services

CPV Codes

66000000 - Financial and insurance services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£188,500 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£188,500 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 Nov 20196 years ago
Submission Deadline
16 Apr 2019Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Apr 20196 years ago
Contract Period
22 Apr 2019 - 9 Sep 2022 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC3A 7QU
Post Town
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
City of London
Electoral Ward
Portsoken
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

ADARE SEC

INTEGRITY PRINT

Further Information

Notice Documents

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