Notice Information
Notice Title
Merchant Acquiring
Notice Description
'PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PIPELINE NOTICE - NOT LIVE TENDER OPPORTUNITY - TENDER NOTICE TO FOLLOW'. The forthcoming opportunity relates to the provision of Merchant Acquiring Services (facilitates the acceptance of debit and credit card payments by managing transaction authorisation, routing through card schemes, and settlement of funds to the organisation) (Previous pipeline publication was Income and Payment Management Systems, however scope has changed as per the above description)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052670
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048456-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK1 - Pipeline Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,800,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 May 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 13 Jul 20263 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Apr 2027 - 30 Apr 2029 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SE1 2QH
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Southwark
- Electoral Ward
- London Bridge & West Bermondsey
- Westminster Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048456-2026
26th May 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027531-2025
26th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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