Notice Information
Notice Title
Payments Platform
Notice Description
A unified global payments platform covering all student UK and International tuition transactions, online store purchases, print credit top ups, library fees, subsidiary company payments, agent platform, with existing direct integrations to student record systems and online registration.
Procurement Information
The grounds for direct award is that other suppliers will not have access to the source code of their software and so would be unable to provide error corrections or updates to the software.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066159
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026980-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- 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
-
- CPV Codes
48442000 - Financial systems software package
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £242,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Mar 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Mar 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 5 Apr 2026 - 6 Apr 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SALFORD
- Postcode
- M5 4WT
- Post Town
- Manchester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD34 Greater Manchester South West
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Salford
- Electoral Ward
- Ordsall
- Westminster Constituency
- Salford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026980-2026
24th March 2026 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026817-2026
24th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019124-2026
3rd March 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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