Notice Information
Notice Title
Merchant Acquirer Services
Notice Description
The Council takes payments for various services, Council Tax, Business Rates etc. via several channels e.g. online, telephone etc. Through these different channels we process most of the card payments (debit and credit) through Access Group's Pay360 solution. To be able us to take the card payments we need the services of a merchant acquirer who collect card-based payments which have been made via Pay360.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Council takes payments for various services, Council Tax, Business Rates etc. via several channels e.g. online, telephone etc. Through these different channels we process most of the card payments (debit and credit) through Access Group's Pay360 solution. To be able us to take the card payments we need the services of a merchant acquirer who collect card-based payments which have been made via Pay360.
Procurement Information
Direct Award via Lot 2 (Acquiring and Merchant Equipment Services) of the Crown Commercial Services Payment Acceptance 2 (RM6325) Framework
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04d710
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002986-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- 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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,125,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Jan 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Jan 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Tim Dent
- Contact Email
- tim.dent@sheffield.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01142053646
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S1 2HH
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- TLE32 Sheffield
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- City
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield Central
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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