Notice Information
Notice Title
Money Transmission Services for Government Banking
Notice Description
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority and collects the money that pays for the UK's public services and gives financial support to people. Government Banking (GB) sits within HMRC and is the banking shared service provider to Government and the wider public sector, providing banking services to over 600 organisations (hereafter referred to as "customers"). To deliver the direct-to-bank model and facilitate payments in and out of Government, GB contracts with commercial banks. The contracts will be enabled for use by GB customers including Government departments, executive agencies, non-departmental bodies, and the wider public sector( including the National Health Service).
Lot Information
House Bank A
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority and collects the money that pays for the UK's public services and gives financial support to people. Government Banking (GB) sits within HMRC and is the banking shared service provider to Government and the wider public sector, providing banking services to over 600 organisations (hereafter referred to as "customers"). To deliver the direct-to-bank model and facilitate payments in and out of Government, GB contracts with commercial banks. The contracts will be enabled for use by GB customers including Government departments, executive agencies, non-departmental bodies, and the wider public sector( including the National Health Service). The procurement was conducted via the Restricted Procedure.
Options: Four optional 1 year extensions.
House Bank BLot 2 - "House Bank B" covers general banking services, including Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Local Banking, Cheques and Spot FX. GB is seeking long term arrangements for MTS which are resilient, secure and able to move with industry changes. The following, non-exhaustive, list of banking services are in scope: * Account Provision; * Electronic Banking; * Payment Products * Reporting * Customer Support * Incident Management * Overlay Services Additional information: This requirement will be met by an eSourcing RFP using HMRC SAP Ariba. Please ensure you are registered with the HMRC SAP Ariba to gain access to the RfP documentation which will contain full details. If you are not already registered, the registration link is: http://hmrc.sourcing eu.ariba.com/ad/selfRegistration As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you Show less additional text have completed the activation process you will receive a further email by return confirming the 'registration process is now complete' and providing you with 'your organisation's account ID' number. If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) confirming when your registration request was first made. Once you have obtained 'your organization's account ID' number, please email chloe.hobbs@hmrc.gov.uk and james.power1@hmrc.gov.uk and copy in e.procurement@hmrc.gov.uk and with your account ID number, you will then receive an e-mail confirming access. Please ensure to include all email addresses provided to make sure your interest is received. Further information about HMRC's procurement tool SAP Ariba, Suppliers Guide and general information is available on the HMRC website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm. If you have already registered on SAP Ariba then you may also need to re-register on HMRC's SAP Ariba in order to be added to the event.
Overseas PaymentsLot 3 - "Overseas Payments" covers regular and one-off Spot FX not covered by Lots 1 and 2 (i.e., Exotics), ACH network services and FX advisory services. Additional information: This requirement will be met by an eSourcing RFP using HMRC SAP Ariba. Please ensure you are registered with the HMRC SAP Ariba to gain access to the RfP documentation which will contain full details. If you are not already registered, the registration link is: http://hmrc.sourcing eu.ariba.com/ad/selfRegistration As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you Show less additional text have completed the activation process you will receive a further email by return confirming the 'registration process is now complete' and providing you with 'your organisation's account ID' number. If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) confirming when your registration request was first made. Once you have obtained 'your organization's account ID' number, please email chloe.hobbs@hmrc.gov.uk and james.power1@hmrc.gov.uk and copy in e.procurement@hmrc.gov.uk and with your account ID number, you will then receive an e-mail confirming access. Please ensure to include all email addresses provided to make sure your interest is received. Further information about HMRC's procurement tool SAP Ariba, Suppliers Guide and general information is available on the HMRC website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm. If you have already registered on SAP Ariba then you may also need to re-register on HMRC's SAP Ariba in order to be added to the event.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-044ac2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047941-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- 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
66110000 - Banking services
66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
66180000 - Foreign exchange services
66600000 - Treasury services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £334,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £334,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £321,420,000 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Apr 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Active, Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Fintan Bradley, James Power
- Contact Email
- fintan.bradley@hmrc.gov.uk, james.power1@hmrc.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 2BQ
- Post Town
- South West 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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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