Notice Information
Notice Title
Card Acquiring Tender
Notice Description
This Award Notice follows the University of Chester seeking tenders for its card acquiring which includes the processing, authorisation and settlement of the University's debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce). The University is seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective merchant service arrangements which will be capable of meeting future market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. It is looking for a relationship with an organisation which it can be confident will fulfil all the University's current and future requirements. Please note the values in this notice are rounded up and are for the full potential 7 years of the contract including optional extension periods.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This award notice follows University of Chester having tendered for card acquiring which includes the processing, authorisation and settlement of the University's debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce). The University was seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective merchant service arrangements which will be capable of meeting future market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. The values entered into this notice are rounded up and for the value of the full 7 years including optional extensions.
Renewal: The initial contract is for 5 years with 2 potential extension years, after this the requirement may be retendered.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-043bec
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023081-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66110000 - Banking services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £250,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jul 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Mar 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 Jul 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Jun 2024 - 30 Jun 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER
- Contact Name
- Procurement Services
- Contact Email
- procurement@chester.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHESTER
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Chester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Electoral Ward
- Chester City & the Garden Quarter
- Westminster Constituency
- Chester North and Neston
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.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-h6vhtk-043bec-2024-07-24T15:51:45+01:00",
"date": "2024-07-24T15:51:45+01:00",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-043bec",
"initiationType": "tender",
"tender": {
"id": "2024-Feb-03",
"legalBasis": {
"id": "32014L0024",
"scheme": "CELEX"
},
"title": "Card Acquiring Tender",
"status": "complete",
"classification": {
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "66110000",
"description": "Banking services"
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"description": "This Award Notice follows the University of Chester seeking tenders for its card acquiring which includes the processing, authorisation and settlement of the University's debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce). The University is seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective merchant service arrangements which will be capable of meeting future market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. It is looking for a relationship with an organisation which it can be confident will fulfil all the University's current and future requirements. Please note the values in this notice are rounded up and are for the full potential 7 years of the contract including optional extension periods.",
"value": {
"amount": 750000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"lots": [
{
"id": "1",
"description": "This award notice follows University of Chester having tendered for card acquiring which includes the processing, authorisation and settlement of the University's debit and credit transactions via all payment channels including customer present (Chip and PIN/contactless payments), customer not present (Mail Order / Telephone Order) and online (e-commerce). The University was seeking to develop efficient and cost-effective merchant service arrangements which will be capable of meeting future market and technological changes, and which will meet, and often exceed, user expectations. The values entered into this notice are rounded up and for the value of the full 7 years including optional extensions.",
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"name": "Quality Evaluation",
"type": "quality",
"description": "50"
},
{
"name": "Pricing Evaluation",
"type": "cost",
"description": "50"
}
]
},
"value": {
"amount": 750000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"contractPeriod": {
"startDate": "2024-07-01T00:00:00+01:00",
"endDate": "2031-06-30T23:59:59+01:00"
},
"hasRenewal": true,
"renewal": {
"description": "The initial contract is for 5 years with 2 potential extension years, after this the requirement may be retendered."
},
"submissionTerms": {
"variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
},
"hasOptions": false,
"status": "cancelled"
}
],
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UK"
},
{
"region": "UK"
}
],
"relatedLot": "1",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "66110000",
"description": "Banking services"
}
]
}
],
"submissionMethod": [
"electronicSubmission",
"written"
],
"submissionMethodDetails": "https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofchester",
"selectionCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"type": "suitability",
"description": "As stated in the procurement documents.",
"appliesTo": [
"supplier"
]
}
]
},
"documents": [
{
"id": "economic",
"documentType": "economicSelectionCriteria"
},
{
"id": "technical",
"documentType": "technicalSelectionCriteria"
}
],
"procurementMethod": "open",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
"coveredBy": [
"GPA"
],
"tenderPeriod": {
"endDate": "2024-03-28T12:00:00Z"
},
"submissionTerms": {
"languages": [
"en"
]
},
"awardPeriod": {
"startDate": "2024-03-28T12:00:00Z"
},
"bidOpening": {
"date": "2024-03-28T12:00:00Z",
"address": {
"streetAddress": "University of Chester"
}
},
"hasRecurrence": true,
"contractTerms": {
"hasElectronicOrdering": true,
"electronicInvoicingPolicy": "allowed",
"hasElectronicPayment": true
},
"reviewDetails": "As guided by UK Procurement law.",
"amendments": [
{
"id": "1",
"unstructuredChanges": [
{
"oldValue": {
"date": "2024-03-28T12:00:00Z"
},
"newValue": {
"date": "2024-04-05T12:00:00+01:00"
},
"where": {
"section": "IV.2.2"
}
}
]
}
]
},
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-FTS-105739",
"name": "University of Chester",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "University of Chester"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Parkgate Road",
"locality": "Chester",
"region": "UK",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Procurement Services",
"email": "procurement@chester.ac.uk",
"url": "https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofchester"
},
"roles": [
"buyer"
],
"details": {
"url": "https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofchester",
"buyerProfile": "http://www.chester.ac.uk",
"classifications": [
{
"scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
"id": "BODY_PUBLIC",
"description": "Body governed by public law"
},
{
"scheme": "COFOG",
"id": "09",
"description": "Education"
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "GB-FTS-24826",
"name": "University of Chester",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "University of Chester"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Parkgate Road",
"locality": "Chester",
"postalCode": "CH1 4BJ",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UK"
},
"contactPoint": {
"email": "procurement@chester.ac.uk",
"name": "Procurement Services"
},
"roles": [
"buyer",
"reviewBody"
],
"details": {
"url": "http://www.chester.ac.uk",
"buyerProfile": "https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofchester",
"classifications": [
{
"scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
"id": "BODY_PUBLIC",
"description": "Body governed by public law"
},
{
"scheme": "COFOG",
"id": "09",
"description": "Education"
}
]
},
"additionalContactPoints": [
{
"email": "procurement@chester.ac.uk"
}
]
},
{
"id": "GB-FTS-119396",
"name": "Global Payments",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "Global Payments",
"id": "OC337146"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Granite House, Granite Way",
"locality": "Syston",
"region": "UK",
"postalCode": "LE17 1PL",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"roles": [
"supplier"
],
"details": {
"scale": "large"
}
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-FTS-24826",
"name": "University of Chester"
},
"language": "en",
"awards": [
{
"id": "023081-2024-1-1",
"relatedLots": [
"1"
],
"title": "Card Acquiring Tender",
"status": "active",
"suppliers": [
{
"id": "GB-FTS-119396",
"name": "Global Payments"
}
]
}
],
"contracts": [
{
"id": "023081-2024-1-1",
"awardID": "023081-2024-1-1",
"title": "Card Acquiring Tender",
"status": "active",
"value": {
"amount": 250000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"dateSigned": "2024-07-02T00:00:00+01:00"
}
],
"bids": {
"statistics": [
{
"id": "1",
"measure": "bids",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 2
},
{
"id": "2",
"measure": "smeBids",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 1
},
{
"id": "3",
"measure": "foreignBidsFromEU",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 0
},
{
"id": "4",
"measure": "foreignBidsFromNonEU",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 2
},
{
"id": "5",
"measure": "electronicBids",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 2
}
]
}
}