Tender

Merchant Services

CHELMSFORD CITY COUNCIL

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    28th May 2025 13:05:30 PM

    Tender Deadline

    15th July 2025 12:00:00 PM   Expired

  • Contract Summary

    Chelmsford City Council would like to issue a tender proposal to secure merchant acquirer services. The supplier is required to provide Merchant Card Acquiring services, to facilitate the receipt, transfer and accounting of incoming domestic and foreign payment streams where current UK sanctions permit, from the payer, to Chelmsford City Council and Chelmsford City Council Payment Gateways to facilitate Cardholder present and Cardholder not present transactions. The supplier will also need to provide chip and pin terminals where required. Objectives oTo secure value for money services. oTo provide cost savings. REQUIREMENT 1. Chelmsford City Council wish to process transactions from the following cards: MasterCard (Credit & Debit), Visa (Credit & Debit), Electron, Maestro and Solo. If any additional card issuers enter the market place, the Council will discuss their specific requirements in that regard as and when necessary. The Council does not accept American Express cards or Diners Cards. The successful bidder will have to be able to operate with the following gateways: Opayo, Elavon, Worldpay and Barclaycard EPDQ. 2. The supplier must assign individual merchant numbers to each outlet specified by the council, this is currently a total of 29 merchants. oThe supplier must be able to provide new merchant numbers as and when required by the council 3. as part of the contract the supplier must be able to supply terminals to the various outlets across the council, the council currently uses 19 terminals. If a terminal is no longer required by a Council during the course of the contract, the Council must be able to return the device to the Supplier without incurring any further related charges. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Chelmsford:-Financial-and-insurance-services./5ZY2UH8387 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5ZY2UH8387

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-h6vhtk-0527f7

    Publication Source

    Find a Tender Service

    Procurement Stage

    Tender

    Procurement Method

    Open

    Procurement Method Details

    Open Procedure

    Procurement Category

    Services

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

  • Contract Classification

    CPV Code(s)

    CPV Division(s)

  • Awarding Authority

    CHELMSFORD CITY COUNCIL

    Buyer Name

    Vincent Hunt

    Buyer Email

    vincent.hunt@chelmsford.gov.uk

    Buyer Phone

    07970659846

    Buyer Address

    Duke Street, Chelmsford

    Chelmsford

    CM1 1 JE

    United Kingdom