Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of an Online Payments Management System
Notice Description
The University of Cumbria are seeking one payment system to be in place for 1st April 2026 to manage Student and Commercial Customer payments. The system needs to be able to take international payments in GBP and allow for instalment plans to be available to students and customers but managed by the University.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05cf03
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011705-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £150,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £150,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £166,666 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £166,666 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 8 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurementteam@cumbria.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CUMBRIA
- Postcode
- CA1 2HH
- Post Town
- Carlisle
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD1 Cumbria
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD13 Cumberland
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Cumberland
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Carlisle
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011705-2026
10th February 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083263-2025
16th December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066390-2025
17th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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