Notice Information
Notice Title
B631/26 (NEPO531) - Provision of Banking Services
Notice Description
Bridgend County Borough Council are awarding a contract for the provision of Banking Services via the NEPO531 Framework.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Bridgend County Borough Council are awarding a contract for the provision of Banking Services via the NEPO531 Framework.
Options: The Framework Agreement is for a period of 48 months with the options to extend for up to a further 2 x 24 month periods. This is due to the commercial and contractual complexity of the Framework Agreement combined with the cost of administrating the procurement for NEPO, ESPO, YPO, Contracting Authorities and Tenderers.
Renewal: It is anticipated that this Framework Contract will be renewed prior to it's conclusion.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0377d9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079040-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66000000 - Financial and insurance services
66110000 - Banking services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £288,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £288,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £288,312,829 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 21 Jul 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 15 Apr 2023Expired
- Award Date
- 5 Mar 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 18-24 months prior to the framework contract expiry date.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Michael Murray, Nick McDonald
- Contact Email
- corporate.services@nepo.org, tenders@bridgend.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7543221235
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GATESHEAD
- Postcode
- NE8 3DF
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
-
- Local Authority
- Bridgend
- Electoral Ward
- Bridgend Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Bridgend
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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