Notice Information
Notice Title
Merchant Services
Notice Description
ACC Liverpool Group (ACCL) is looking to award a contract for merchant services for payment processing. The awarded supplier is offering ACCL a full-service payment solution that is integrated within existing systems that are already supplied to ACCL. This notice is to indicate that ACCL intends to make a direct award. This notice also commences an 8-working day standstill period which will end at midnight at the end of Tuesday 7th October 2025. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=982469905
Procurement Information
The justification for the direct award is as per the Procurement Act 2023, Schedule 5, point 7: The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where (a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a343
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060170-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
48110000 - Point of sale (POS) software package
72212110 - Point of sale (POS) software development services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £730,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 Sep 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2025 - 30 Jun 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE ACC GROUP LIVERPOOL
- Contact Name
- Helen Graham
- Contact Email
- purchasing@accliverpool.com
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L3 4FP
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD72 Liverpool
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Liverpool
- Electoral Ward
- Waterfront South
- Westminster Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060170-2025
26th September 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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